How to Prevent these Top Issues on Your BERNINA!

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Here are some of the most observed problems I have seen over the many years when helping customers on their BERNINA machines. Some of these issues you may have never had a problem with but many people have. So here I figured if I were to bring up these issues that people have encountered maybe it will help people avoid these issues or help them through it. :)
Here is the typed up list mentioned in the video.
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[@allisonholloway833]

It’s nice to finally meet Pete.

[@Rhondanewhouse]

Seriously! The bobbin winder caused me so much grief! 🤦🏼‍♀️ Thank you for this video!

[@amrcrg01]

Cody - I appreciate all the help you give me

[@Maria-ym1cc]

I am loving your videos. You are a great instructor and clearly communicate with your audience. I had watched several and was convinced you had a squeaky chair and each time you moved, it squeaked! Well, I was surprised to see Pete in this video and now it all makes sense. I was about ready to start a collection to get you a new chair!! :)

[@j.parker1120]

Cody, I love how organized and well-spoken you are. Well done. This hit the nail on the head for a number of issues I have had. Thanks for the clarity and keep up the good work. I also loved the video showing your beautiful goats and the lovely quilt you made to show binding. Lovely colors and workmanship. Very inspiring. I can't say enough good things. Somebody stop me! Take care and be happy.

[@paulettekelley6219]

Thank you for all the Bernina information. I bought my Bernina 570 QE in May 2021. The folks who sell you the machine don’t always tell you these little tips. For instance I never knew it was good to oil your machine every 8 to 10 hours of use. I do that now! Thanks for mentioning about the thread cutter going dull, I use that a lot

[@edbalko3082]

ARE YOU gonna do a demo on OILING...even though the machine shows how to oil....still would like to see YOU do a demo...because YOU are so GOOD AT EXPLAINING...THIS AWESOME MACHINE

[@erikfenner]

Best sewing videos on KZbin. You do a great job explaining everything clearly.

[@vivien-dahling]

Thank you for being honest about Coats & Clark thread. My machine hates it!

[@lorrainemorrison5290]

Thankyou so much, Cody. Today was my first day home alone with my Bernina 770 and I had many of the issues you have mentioned. I put it down to a learning curve and was as gentle as I could be in removing my birds nests from underneath my fabric. I have taken all your valuable knowledge on board and will start afresh tomorrow with less problems I'm sure.

[@loriannpayne4483]

I'm a new Bernina owner. I have a new 880 plus a 480. I've had Janome's for 30 years and always wanted a Bernina! Your video is extremely helpful and it looks like your other videos will be a great resource as well. I just subscribed and hit it Bell and the LIKE button. Thank you so much for your simple explanations!

[@sewingwithcodyandpete8651]

So happy To hear. I hope my videos will continue to help and bring inspiration. 😀

[@malusantos1551]

Thank you, you have answered a number of my questions. I am very grateful 🙏🏻🥰

[@alexaelliott2598]

Your videos are brilliant. You know these machines so well. You’re a fantastic resource. Thanks so much for taking the time to make these videos. 🇦🇺👏👏👏

[@Mellie726]

Your videos are always so helpful Cody, thank you, the bird is so cute.

[@pjgfountaine7690]

Thanks for a face to put with the voice, Cody! I like your videos; very helpful and easy to follow. You make them interesting by having some excitement to add to your wealth of knowledge.

[@kellymartin1176]

Thank you so much. Your videos are so helpful. I had a little screw drop down on my machine and I didn’t panic since you had shown this issue in a video 🙂🙂

[@sharp9059]

OK I tried so so hard to focus on what you were saying but Pete is just too adorable. ❤️❤️. He’s a total ham and upstaged the entire video LOL

[@PatheticallyStupid]

I feel the same way about cody :D

[@kathybayham6229]

Ah! Wish I'd see this sooner. Sooooo helpful, thank you! Just got mine last week. Upon turning it on for the very first time, the bobbin winder was engaged. It was unnerving. Haven't had any one on one instruction yet so your videos will be my first stop next time I'm flummoxed.

[@HunterDeuling]

Excellent video. Great information. I find Metallic threads really full my thread cutter when Sewing and Embroidering

[@eileenjasper-pottage9425]

Thank you for all your videos so helpful. Thank you Eileen.

[@joyl1513]

Thanks for a great video and alot of helpful tips. I think I’ve encountered all the things you brought up. Love Pete too! We have a Sun Conure also who is 26 years old this year. They are fun little birds.

[@carolynnkaster9457]

Thank you for the great info. You hit all the problems I've had. One FYI, my Bernina instructor said to be careful when transporting your machine. The buttons on the front of the machine are fragile and can be knocked off if you bump them. I can't wait to go to in person classes again.

[@laurawhittaker7217]

I go my dealership to get together with some of the ladies to sew and fellowship. The technician made knob stabilizers by using the foam from the box. He cut holes to match the knobs. I just use painters tape to keep it in place when transporting to and from classes

[@nancymeister9578]

Sorry, I hadn't fully listened to your video . You did answer my question. Thank you so much. So glad you posted this video.

[@estellastrawn4814]

So true!! About the humming! It has happened to me once!!

[@palindrome36]

Thank you so much for these tips!

[@catherineruegsegger9954]

Just found you online! I subscribed! 😉😉😉 You are so knowledgeable! GREAT video!

[@k3of5ks]

It is so very nice to meet you Pete! Guilty as charged 🙋🏻‍♀️for calling my Bernina dealer in a panic only to learn my bobbin winder was engaged. 😂. All great tips and a comment. Manual bobbin thread cutter inside bobbin case on my 350 was razor sharp. It’s dull and crappy on my new 475. Such a tiny thing to be bummed out about but it’s an important one and disappointing for a new machine of this caliber and expense. Keep up the great work Cody. We appreciate you! ❤️🌵🇺🇸

[@donnacalhoun3292]

Not sure if you have covered this topic previously, but I need to know how to predict or calculate how many decorative stitch units to fit on a given length. Like for a border. I get a lot of education and new ideas from your videos. You're a very good teacher when you give such practical advice and demonstrations. I have a Bernina 765. I make mostly quilts, but also make placemats, masks, bowl cozies, mug rugs and other household items. Thanks. Donna

[@williammhlongo1502]

Thank you Cody for your videos very helpful, i new there must be a bird nearby but i thought Pete was a business human partner lol , so cute is Pete greetings from Downunder ( ex South Africa)

[@shirleyclayton8300]

Cody, thank you very much for the informative information that you share regarding the Bernina machines. I'm a new Bernina owner and your videos have been invaluable to me. What brands of thread would you consider "Good" thread? I'm currently using Gutermann and Aurifil. I used to use Coates and Clark until I was told it's bad for the machines. By the way, I love Pete, he's so cute!

[@brettster3331]

This is great information to share, Thank you !

[@yoliebean]

Hi Cody, I'm a new subbie to your channel, and I just purchased a 535. I experienced the first issue on your list! Luckily I figured it out, but I'm so glad you mention it in your video. In one of your other videos I saw your sweet little Pete walk by on the table. It caught me totally off guard, lol! It was such a sweet surprise. I'm enjoying your channel! You are so helpful and very knowledgeable!

[@angeliqueplaytime1957]

I’m on my daughter KZbin 😅 but i love your videos! I have a bernette b79 and it’s so hard to find videos about it I’ve watched all your videos about it but this video is helping me! Thank you!

[@miric6224]

Yes, bernina is full of problems! Mine locks up. Was in the shop 2x with only about an hour of use. Frustrating. Made a mistake going to bernina. Poor manual. Expensive accessories. 70yr old life long sewist/sewing teacher: singer, viking, elna, brother, janome.

[@ellajaniak2383]

Thanks really appreciate this video. Very useful.

[@reneejohnson5041]

Thanks again for another wonderful, well explained video. BTW Pete. Was cracking me up. He was acting like you were talking to him. 😂

[@juliewhite6887]

Great explanations!

[@carmenmaldonado2982]

Great video. Thank you.

[@kimnambiar5884]

Wonderful, helpful video. Can you provide Bernina related information on an ongoing basis?

[@streamstriss]

I like your bird. Thanks for the video!

[@christophernejman]

Good video. Your bird is beautiful!

[@sewingwithcodyandpete8651]

Thank you ☺️ 🦜

[@marilynrn711]

Thanks Cody

[@emilyashley7551]

I have a new Bernina 335. I am using it for free machine embroidery using the special darning foot, material tight in a hoop. I have done a few samples successfully. Suddenly the bobbin thread started to show too much - eyelashing. I rethread both the top and bottom threads. I changed both threads. I decreased the top tension - Going as far as zero. I cleaned the bottom bobbin area. I tested on normal calico material with normal straight stitch and its like it is doing light gathering. I am not sure what I am doing wrong. Could you suggest what else I could try?

[@ginahayes6169]

Great information

[@joannecava2418]

Wonderful video = so helpful

[@mightymouse2098]

Cody I wanted to thank you for recommending a Bernina for me. I decided to not buy it because it seemed like too much trouble to keep remembering to oil it.

[@debbiehains5414]

I seem to have skipped stitches when I am sewing on my quilt binding. Do you have a recommendation for a needle size for binding a quilt?

[@vivaldi1948]

Very helpful, thanks. Is Pete a Sun Conure?

[@MrN4661]

And yet another issue…… really big rats nest of top thread on the backside. Let me ask this also, I’ve had tension issues. Is it weird to have to set top tension back to 1.75? That seems to be where I’m not getting bobbin thread showing on the top. But I wonder if it’s a little too loose and possibly causing the nesting catastrophe on the back. Thank you very much. BTW I have a deco 70 machine just purchased 1/22.

[@ladyanne56]

I do appreciate these tips!! Never can know enough about my awesome Bernina!!! Thanks Cody & Pete

[@Madonnam808]

Yes we

[@Madonnam808]

Yes I will call her back in the

[@Madonnam808]

Yes I will call her back in the

[@Madonnam808]

Yes

[@Madonnam808]

Yes

[@auntiear126]

Thanks!

[@bellindanotari2721]

can you display & give as much information possible on the Bernina 590CE, because I am going to buy it soon, please?

[@robinzarbo9902]

Thank you! 😊

[@nancymeister9578]

Cody, why does my 435 pull up the bobbin thread when I start a seam. It does this at random.

[@sheriw.7009]

What are your top preferred brands for threads? I am in a remote area, so most shopping is done on line.

[@maryleydenjohnson2563]

Please add the video link about the needle threader. Thanks!

[@patriciaswaim5133]

Can i just say i detest the needle threader on this new bernina i just purchased. I had the bernina 1530 for 28 years . I just miss that machine so much lol

[@bellindanotari2721]

Can I have the link of the website, where to buy a battery back up & whatfore is this necessary, please?

[@conniebrown6419]

Hi Cody, My 790 plus doesn’t feed at the first stitch unless I pull the fabric. Also doesn’t like to go over raised fabric where quilt has been joined unless I pull it through. Help! Thanks, Connie Brown

[@christinafreedom6724]

Oh my God I love you? Thank you for this list. .

[@PB-qz3gg]

Hi Cody Can you help??? I’m using Bernina 480 - foot 3A - combined with fabric feeder as well as compensation tool. I’m sewing keyhole buttonholes on cord jacket. Screen showing foot to be lowered …when it is! Ahhh

[@edbalko3082]

PS....LOVE YOUR LITTLE SWEET BIRD...attempting to help You Explain stuff

[@yvonnek4980]

While making jeans, I ran out of gold gutermen top stitch thread so I had to use Coats and Clark, what a nightmare. The I read in my manual that Berninia was designed using Metrose thread, no wonder, it’s not just Coats and Clark thread , it’s the way the machine was designed

[@bellindanotari2721]

where & how much doe I have to oil the B590, please? Can you give me the Brands of the to use preferably needles and also for the thread, please? How to clean the dust in the B590, please? can you "wright" what best brand-threads bobines to use for embroyderies & patchwork, quilting(separately) on top-& understitches (separately), pease? If I understood wel "Techobob Threading machine bobines “Wonderfill”are not too silky & adequate for the machine's cutter?? And the Libedienen bobines are very bad for the machine’s cutter?

[@claudiachandanarobinson1667]

My 4D foot won’t work. On the screen the line of straight stitch is red! And the 570 won’t budge. When I change to a 1C or 1D I get the green line of straight stitching again. But making cording requires the needle to be very close to the cord so I use the 4D zipper foot. What am I doing wrong?

[@MrFloydroy]

Regarding skipped stitches, also check the presser foot for damage, especially the 34d clear sole foot. Thread wears into the clear foot sole after extensive sewing and causes skipped stitches. Perhaps this problem is exacerbated from gutterman or metallic thread. Fortunately, the foot soles are easily replaceable.

[@denisespies1757]

So my link on cleaning the thread catcher is gone?? Thread catcher is not working at all. My top thread is breaking. Ugh this all happened after using the embroidery module. Help

[@michelleleedy6367]

Thanks

[@sewingwithcodyandpete8651]

Thank you so so very much for this. It is greatly appreciated 🥰.

[@millielitt3174]

I have a new B570. I cannot get it to start sewing. What’s wrong?

[@jenniebenson9206]

Cody, have you ever experienced a machine not turning on? When I switch it on I can hear a little zing noise, but it doesn’t come on.

[@marthejohansen397]

Hello. My bernina H70 have empty green screen. Nothing working. What can I do?

[@susanpruner2247]

Cody, I love your videos. My question: Can the screen of the 570qe be calibrated?

[@sewingwithcodyandpete8651]

Yes all current model bernina machines can have the screen calibrated. Before you turn on the machine hold down both needle position buttons "located under the stitch width and length knobs" then turn the machine on.. Make sure you are still holding down needle position buttons and when the machine boots up and the screen turns solid white, then you can let go. Now you will see a little circle appear use your stylus and click the center of the circle, it will then appear two more times in two different locations. Now your screen has been recalibrated. :)

[@susanpruner2247]

Thank you!

[@sherylgod]

@@sewingwithcodyandpete8651 20:01 ❤

[@MrN4661]

Help!! Bernette B70. Lets say I have black thread on top and white bobbin thread. When I embroider, the white bobbin thread is on the TOP and bottom. I have changed needles, threaded and rethreaded, decreased top tension, using bobbin thread. Its making me CRAZY!!! Please help. Thanks

[@sewingwithcodyandpete8651]

This can be tricky to diagnose without having g the machine in front of me but it could be a couple of things. 1 something is wrong with the upper tension and it’s not release and is too tight so it’s pulling up the bobbin thread. Butttt you mentioned you decreased the top thread tension and still is the same so that most likely isn’t the issue but still a small possibility. 2 the bobbin case isn’t getting thread just right so not getting enough tension. We see this to be the case 8/10 times with customers with this and similar machines. 3. The bobbin case’s tensioner is broken so it’s able to apply the correct tension. Okay he only case where nothing is technically wrong is when we see customers decrease a small design so small that the bobbin thread is too thick to just stay on the bottom and is forced to show itself on the top. We see this a lot with thin fonts. So the only way to fix the issue if that’s the case is to use a very thin bobbin thread like “decobob” by Wonderfil threads. Hope this helps

[@giovannapucci7856]

good morning is it possible to have the wiring diagram of my Bernina Artist 170?

[@sewingwithcodyandpete8651]

Sorry I don’t have access to that kind of information.

[@JaydenkidGaming]

How to embroider hats on B79?

[@sandrahunt5181]

Need help getting bobbin case out the hook

[@msmith3202]

What is the difference between a 570 and a 590?

[@user-ny4vh7nc3w]

joe Please tell me how to put the revese button back on my bernina 1230 sewing machine

[@collettekoll5204]

I have heard that a person shouldn't pull the thread out of the top. Is this true and why?

[@lonnieanderson4408]

I have a series 8 series with top tension problem. The bobbin looks perfect but the top is a straight with a line of the top . Have tried different tensions up and down without any improvement. Want to quilt. Have cleaned it often.

[@kreksfeks1200]

Yes Coats are bad, but what brand do you use? Most of the have in stock only coats and some only Gütermann.

[@rajeswarysachithananthan3948]

Motor stops working

[@DrivingFree]

Just realized that Pete is the bird.

[@sewingwithcodyandpete8651]

Yep he’s my sewing buddy. 😀

[@DrivingFree]

@@sewingwithcodyandpete8651 So funny. I just started watching your videos and kept wondering…. When is Pete going to talk? Why is Cody doing all the talking. Lol. BTW I’ve started seeing again after 30 years. Haven’t owned a machine, needle and thread in that long. But I started out with Bernina 335, purchased yesterday. Your videos are so helpful. I know I’ll be tuning in a lot Thank you!!’ 😀

[@georgiahanchera6449]

Why is your bird shaking his wings so much? Just curious.

[@sewingwithcodyandpete8651]

He wants attention, wants to go downstairs. I am not his favorite person haha

[@carmenmaldonado2982]

Cody is so beautiful

[@user-jz2no6id3d]

Bernina

[@alias88868]

Pete gets lots of attention 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@sewingwithcodyandpete8651]

Haha he does, he is very loved. He comes to the shop sometimes and gets all sorts love. lol

[@davidlarson4422]

Instead of telling customers how to prevent “top issues” maybe Bernini could actually design a machine that doesn’t HAVE the issues……. Solve before selling machines

[@iggyreilly2463]

How to prevent issues with your Bernina: buy a Janome.

[@sue5755]

Too slow!! Please don’t repeat so much

[@auntiear126]

Thanks!