"Bernina 180 Sewing Machine
The following are
instructions on selecting stitches on a Bernina 180 sewing machine. As I do not
think the Bernina 180 switches or buttons are all that easy to identify, I used
a label maker to make labels I placed near the applicable switch or button and
suggest you do the same.
Instructions:
Turn on sewing machine.
There is no need to
disconnect embroidery cable from machine, just lift embroidery module out of
your way.
There is no need to have any
attached computer “on” or disconnect cable between computer and sewing machine.
There are 3 purple buttons and
1 white button on the sewing machine related to stitches: 1 button each for
regular or practical (
If you want regular stitches, press the purple stitch button on body of sewing
machine labeled “
Note. You can also
use the stylus to press 0-9 on screen and then enter the number of a stitch and
machine will take you there. This is faster if you know number of stitch. (If
you are using the 180 as an embroidery machine, you probably have a computer
attached to it and Artista 4 or 5 installed, as well as a program called
Portfolio. I suggest you use Portfolio to print out all stitches available to
you and their associated stitch number, so you can easily select a stitch and
enter its number into the touch screen.)
If you want decorative stitches, press the purple stitch button on the body of the
sewing machine labelled “DEC”
and then using the stylus, press the area on the sewing machine screen holding
the desired stitch collection. Once the stitch collection is
present on the screen, select desired by pressing stylus against image.
Note. You can also
use stylus to press 0-9 on screen and then enter the number of a stitch and
machine will take you there. This is faster if you know number of stitch (See
stitches and their associated numbers in this section). Also note that once you
have a regular or decorative stitch selection on the sewing machine screen, you
can use the 0-9 stitch entry to move anywhere in the regular or decorative
stitches offered.
If you want letter stitches, such as a monogram, press the “Letters” button
on the sewing machine body. On the screen will now be shown
several different type alphabets. Using your stylus, tap on the selected
letter style and up will come the full alphabet for
the style selected. At this point you can select any one letter, number or
other by simply tapping the desired with the stylus. You can not stitch out
single letter if desired.
More likely is that you want
to create a name or label or an actual word as opposed to a single letter and
you do this by first getting to the style of alphabet you want and then
pressing the “Portfolio Memory” button on the sewing machine body. Now the
sewing machine screen will change and you will have an area near the
botton where, when you press a letter with the stylus, it
will appear there and allow you to add more letters. You can have letters of
various sizes by using the size button on the far right (Hold Help button and
tap on buttons at bottom to see what they do and how you use them.) Once you
have what you want, such as Stultz or some other name or order, you can stitch
it out. You can also save it in Portfolio memory so you do not have to create
it again. Storing it in memory also will allow you to edit later if you wish.
To store your created
monogram, click on the store button at the bottom and when the 15 memory slot
screen appears, tap on the first empty slot of memory.
Later if you want to sew out
this same monogram, you simply press the Portfolio Memory button on the sewing
machine body and select the memory cell you want.