Funny how the Bernina's work - I have an OLD 1280 that I love for precision work but could never get to FMQ properly.
Got my Babylok Quilter's Pro and gave up on the Bernina. Went to my mom's house who was having trouble FMQing on HER Bernina (1120?) and had no problem. Why?
Gutterman's thread was the only thing that came to mind so I switched to the Gutterman's on my Bernina. Worked fine - go figure.
Although you are right - you do have to like the look of the FMQ as opposed to doing it by hand.