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Thread Play with Bernina
8200 S. Quebec
Quebec & County Line
Courtyard North
of Safeway

303-BERNINA
303-237-6462

Monday -Thursday
10 am - 5 pm
Friday - Saturday
10 am - 4 pm

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These FREE lessons feature fun-to-sew projects made with a variety of BERNINA presser feet and accessories.
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Artista 730
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Built-in BSR &
USB Capability
Come in & explore the latest in technology. Both quilters & embroiders will find these new built-in advancements exciting!

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Bernina Machine Mastery Classes

Thread Play is dedicated to supporting you after your machine purchase. "Machine Mastery" classes are included with your machine purchase and are designed to introduce you to the wonderful features of your Bernina. You will be completing many pages from an "Owner's Workbook" created by Bernina USA which you will print out from pdf files provided by Thread Play. Classes are repeated often so you have an opportunity to choose class times to suit your lifestyle.
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Machine Mastery Class Descriptions
To download the workbook you can print for machine classes, Click Here.
 

Quick Start Sewing
-- General Information, Practical Stitches & Decorative Stitches

Learn what your buttons, bells and whistles do, and what is the best way to treat your new best friend. Become familiar with the "workhorse" side of your Bernina. Class covers the special ways your machine does seams, hems, edging, and buttonholes. Expand your skills with decorative techniques. See how easy specialty tasks such as special needles for special results, gathering.

 

  BSR / Bernina Stitch Regulator Class
Gain confidence using the exclusive Bernina Stitch Regulator. Class covers using the BSR on feather quilting designs, continuous line quilting, stipple quilting designs, meandering quilt designs, and free motion designs.
 
  Quilt With Your Bernina Class
-- Quilts, Wearable Art & Home Decor
Learn to use basic quilt construction and applications with the specialized Bernina accessories to quilt.
 
Embroidery Mastery Class Description
To download the workbook you can print for embroidery class, Click Here
 
 

Quick Start Embroidery Class
Start with needles, thread, and stabilizers then go on to stitching out designs. Begin rescaling, resizing, rotating, stretching and mirroring images in this class! Work with alphabets and text, manipulating height, spacing, and baseline, then combine with motifs. Go beyond with free-arm embroidery, rehooping, mega hoops.

 
  Embroidery Software Mastery Class Description

To download the Version 5 workbook you can print for class:
Click Here for Part 1 * Click Here for Part 2 * Click Here for Part 3
You Will Need All 3 Parts for Quick Start Class

To download the Aurora 440/430 supplement, Click Here.

 
 

Quick Start Artista V.5 Software Class
-- Getting Started Modifying Designs, Lettering & Digitizing
Explore the 3 levels of Bernina Artista v5.0 software. Learn what tools are available to you and what they do. Then go on to do simple editing and learn how to organize your work in the portfolio portion of the software. Continue working with basic manipulation tools: Mirror Merge, Wreath & Kaleidoscope, Buttonholes, and Lettering including basics, baselines. special options, overlay removal and editing. Digitizing is the process of converting artwork to embroidery stitches. Exercises include automatic digitizing, magic wand, (both big subjects) and applique.

 
Serger Mastery Classes
To download the workbook you can print for Serger classes, Click Here
 
 

Quick Start Serger Class
Begin to decipher the mysteries of your Bernina Serger in this introductory class. Learn what all the knobs, bells and whistles do. Techniques covered will include 4-thread, 3-thread, cover and chain. You will realize that threading and serging are fun and easy!

 


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which is available by clicking their logo below.


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for Listing of Classes Included with Each Machine Model


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Download/Printing Instructions

— You will need Acrobat Reader to view and print the workbooks. If you do not already have Acrobat click the link below for a free copy.
— When you "Click Here to download the workbook" Acrobat will ask if you want to "open" or "save", choose save.
— When next promoted, open the file.
— Print normally on your printer.


Should you wish to take the file to Kinkoes to have it printed in color & bound, burn the file to CD after saving on your PC.


Watch A Video!

The Bernina education department has produced some top notch videos demonstrating techniques and tools. Great for the visual learner!
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Ginghers - $11
Regular Scissors - $9
Pinking Shears - $11
Knives - $4-$7


Eddie sharpens for us once a week. Bring your scissors by anytime but if you are reluctant to part with them for very long, you can drop them off by the close of business on Monday and pick them up late Tuesday.
For Software Users

The free Quarterly Software Society offers lessons & on-going discussions about using all levels of the BERNINA® Embroidery Software.
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Click Here to see the projects Lori created for Bernina'a National Ad campaigns.
 
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