Tips for working with Endless Embroidery and Importing Stitches on the BERNINA 830:

Use the Pattern Repeat function to set the number of patterns prior to moving to the embroidery screen. The entire stitch combination will act as one unit and becomes easier to manipulate. However, the original set cannot be taken apart again.

• In the sewing screen, select stitch #501. Set Pattern Repeat at 3.

• Touch the embroidery module icon. The pattern thumbnail shows the 3-repeat pattern.

• Select the pattern just created from the My Designs folder.

• When selected, select the Oval Hoop and set the hoop to fill with 2 patterns.

Create an exotic table runner with the Exotic Rainforest Embroidery Collection and an animal print.

Use the Endless Embroidery feature of the BERNINA 830 to easily stitch out four panels (size depends on your table). With this design, three repeats filled the hoop. After stitching, mirror image the combination to get the next set - the marks for Endless Embroidery are in the same place since the size of the design has not changed. 

Tip - when aligning dark fabrics, draw on the stabilizer and the wrong side of the fabric, and match up these lines for accurate alignment with no chalk lines to remove.

Here's a project featuring the Endless Embroidery feature of the BERNINA 830, an embroidered baby blanket.

The building blocks for this design - the arrangement of letters and numbers - was created using the Word Art capabilites of the 830.

Once the basic design was created, selecting the Endless Embroidery option duplicated the design, adding reference points so it was easy to make subsequent hoopings align exactly. The baby blanket was stitched using two and a half repeats of the basic alphabet design.

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Don't you love it when you can envision a garment and that's exactly the way it turns out? And fits perfectly? That's the result I had when planning and stitching the Peaches and Cream Bedjacket. Combining the My Label 3D Fashion Pattern Software and the BERNINA 830, it was a breeze.

With My Label, I could audition the fabric, decorative stitches, buttons and lace. More ease was added to the Boxy Jacket; it was then shortened in body and sleeve length. Decorative stitches and pintucks were drawn using the pencil tool and the lace was mimicked by using an embroidery design.

The buttons were the final addition. It was great to preview the look of the bedjacket before the fabric was cut. Everything that's needed was on the pattern making it easy to transfer markings, design placement and all notches.

The ribbon was embellished with decorative stitches using combi mode, connecting stitches and multi-directional placement on the 830. Using BERNINA Dual Feed, the ribbon and lace sewed down smoothly and the pintuck attachment and adjustable guide made sewing the corded pintucks effortless. Using the built-in monogram added a fashionable touch to the pocket. Since "hand" is a four-letter word in my book, even the buttons were attached using Button Sew-On Foot #18 on the machine.

When I first received the assignment to create a beautiful bag on my new BERNINA 830 my mind started to work overtime. So many techniques, so little time!!

Of course, I knew I wanted to add embroidery - that was a given - but what else? I set about to find fabric, as many times fabric will talk to me during a project (no, not real voices!). When I found the brown-striped home dec fabric I knew I had hit pay dirt. The striped pattern gave me a wonderful palette to work with. I had a great time using my trusty Bulky Overlock / Braiding Foot #12C to couch green and lavender chenille cording to create new fabric for one section.

I also wanted to try bobbinwork with my new 830, so I found some great OESD designs and set to playing with this wonderful technique. Because the 830 doesn't have a removable bobbin case, it was a snap to adjust the tension for bobbinwork. And, even better, it was a snap to put the tension back when I was done.

I also wanted to put that wonderful new BERNINA Dual Feed to work, so I added some flip-and-stitch quilting. All in all, the techniques I played with on this bag give it a great feeling, and I loved becoming friends with my new 830!

Note: The bag is made using Lazy Girl Designs' "Miranda Day Bag" pattern.