Thank you Bernina!
Thursday, May 27, 2010 at 4:41AM Yesterday the FexEx guy dropped off a box from DirecTV to ship our satellite receiver back in. He said he’d delivered TEN other empty boxes from them yesterday alone! Apparantly we aren’t alone in giving up our satellite. That’s a lot of disconnects in one area on one day!
I have a new love in my life. Sonic’s caramel mocha java chillers… yum! When I close my eyes, I can almost pretend it’s Tiramisu, my absolute favorite dessert! Jim and I ran out after dinner last night so I could have one… I was in need after all that quilting yesterday!
Bernina’s latest firmware patch for the 8 Series machines has been posted online. There are two features in this update that I am over the moon about!
The first one, at my request, was the ability to save altered pressure foot settings to the personal program. There are certain things I always do the same way, with the same settings, such as piecing a quilt. I decrease my stitch length to 2.0 millimeters, I move my needle position to the right, and I reduce my pressure foot pressure to 35. Now, with this firmware update, the pressure foot pressure can be saved along with the other settings!
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The other feature, much requested by everyone, is the ability to turn off automatic stitch tie ons. We could do this before, but had to remember to change it in the setup menu each time the machine was powered on. Now, the feature will remain deactived, and you will get a warning screen when powering up the machine, or switching to the sewing side from the embroidery side.
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Thank you Bernina, Boris and team, for all your efforts!
Reader Comments (6)
LOL - I love those chillers too but make sure I don't get them often - hmm bet we could find out how many calories are in those things if we want to :)
Karen
http://karensquilting.com/blog/
Thank you Bernina. NOT ONCE have I been disappointed in my 830. And I can honestly say that about my 430 and 630 as well. And I do all three of my Berninas. Yesterday I was using my 430 to put on patches on son's uniforms and, like always, sewed through the thickness like a gem.
Am I blessed or what? Bernina - YOU are the BEST !!!
CJ,
I can't find the new firmware update anywhere on the site, and I am usually pretty good at finding all things buried on their site. I even searched and found the 830 udate page and there was nothing for 2010 unless I am looking past it.
Did they remove it?
Tara
Make sure you are logged into the Bernina site first:
http://berninausa.com/content-n790-sUS.html
If you don't have any luck, email me.
CJ
Oh yes, there was an article posted at yahoo a couple weeks ago about people ditching their TV cable services. It was quite a large chunk. I think it was mostly a dollar decisions, but I am sure they will find they can get along without them, since there are on line sources for a lot of things. Having 800 channels and still having nothing to watch could be a factor, LOL?
Just UPDATED my 820!
Love the new ability to keep the tie off at start up disabled!!! LOVE BERNINA