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Experience with Bernina BSR? Polly Esther 03-02-2008
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Posted by Polly Esther on March 2, 2008, 10:54 pm
Are there any of you enjoying the BSR on a Bernina? John recently posted
that he'd brought a BSR home but I don't think he's had much mileage at FM.
I'm thinking about getting a newer Bernina with the BSR but have heard some
grumbling about its ability to function smoothly when trying to read a busy
print (or something). Please share with me your evaluation if you have one
and love / hate / feel totally indifferent. Polly





Posted by John on March 3, 2008, 8:03 am
> Are there any of you enjoying the BSR on a Bernina? =A0John recently poste=
d
> that he'd brought a BSR home but I don't think he's had much mileage at FM=
.
> I'm thinking about getting a newer Bernina with the BSR but have heard som=
e
> grumbling about its ability to function smoothly when trying to read a bus=
y
> print (or something). Please share with me your evaluation if you have one=

> and love / hate / feel totally indifferent. =A0Polly

I am awaiting a large plexiglas extension table, before I delve into
it. I probably won't be doing too much free motion stuff as I don't
really care for that look. I plan on using it for following patterns
laid out on the quilt top for background quilting. I have used it a
couple of times to see if it was working and it does work. You can use
it either controlled by a button on the machine or by the traditional
foot control. It also has 2 modes of use, one that activates it by
moving the fabric, and one that starts it off by the button/foot pedal
and it continues until stopped by those controls. I too had heard that
the BSR did not like to play with certain red fabrics. I think that
was a folk myth propagated by other machine manufactures. I watched a
demonstration by a Bernina rep doing free motion quilting on a series
of red fabrics to disprove that myth. She said they always use the
reds so that people can see there is no compatibility issues. If you
are considering buying a Bernina with the ultimate goal of using the
BSR, it is cheaper, in the long run, to get one that comes with it as
part of the model. They also come with Quilting Feet as part of the
pkg. If you buy one of the ones that come without, the total cost will
be greater when you add it all up after purchasing it separately.
Sorry for the incomplete review, but until I get the table, I won't be
able to comment further. That and a multitude of projects that would
preclude any real use/testing at this time.

John

Posted by Pat in Virginia on March 3, 2008, 9:13 am
If you don't hear from Sandy in Las Vegas soon, send her a message. I am
pretty sure she has experience with BSR. Her quilts are lovely, no matter
how she does it!

PAT

> Are there any of you enjoying the BSR on a Bernina? John recently posted
> that he'd brought a BSR home but I don't think he's had much mileage at
> FM. I'm thinking about getting a newer Bernina with the BSR but have heard
> some grumbling about its ability to function smoothly when trying to read
> a busy print (or something). Please share with me your evaluation if you
> have one and love / hate / feel totally indifferent. Polly
>
>
>
>



Posted by Polly Esther on March 3, 2008, 11:08 am
Thanks, Pat. I can wait. Patience is my virtue. Everybody ought to have
at least one. Polly

> If you don't hear from Sandy in Las Vegas soon, send her a message. I am
> pretty sure she has experience with BSR. Her quilts are lovely, no matter
> how she does it!
>
> PAT
>
>> Are there any of you enjoying the BSR on a Bernina? John recently posted
>> that he'd brought a BSR home but I don't think he's had much mileage at
>> FM. I'm thinking about getting a newer Bernina with the BSR but have
>> heard some grumbling about its ability to function smoothly when trying
>> to read a busy print (or something). Please share with me your evaluation
>> if you have one and love / hate / feel totally indifferent. Polly
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>



Posted by Sandy on March 3, 2008, 2:43 pm

> Are there any of you enjoying the BSR on a Bernina? John recently posted
> that he'd brought a BSR home but I don't think he's had much mileage at FM.
> I'm thinking about getting a newer Bernina with the BSR but have heard some
> grumbling about its ability to function smoothly when trying to read a busy
> print (or something). Please share with me your evaluation if you have one
> and love / hate / feel totally indifferent. Polly
>
>


Don't get me started! <G> I *LOVE* my BSR, Polly. Seriously LOVE. I
tried for several years (8?) to free-motion quilt, and the problem was
always the same: good design, uneven stitches. The BSR fixed all of that
for me.

I have heard of some people who have had problems (not usually on a busy
print; usually on a particular color -- maybe red?), but I'm not one of
them -- so far, at least. I have used it on red with no problems and on
lots of other colors. I *think* that the problem experienced by these
people may have been fixed by the last update to the software in the BSR.

The BSR will not do the quilting for us, of course, and it *is* possible
to defeat it by trying to go too fast or jerking the quilt sandwich
wildly. I've done that, but it's my fault, not the fault of the BSR.

Want to come over and play with mine to see if you like it? <G>
--
Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas
sw.foster1 (at) gmail (dot) com (remove/change the obvious)
http://www.sandymike.net

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