Originally Posted by
ShirlinAZ
I put the presser foot down with a piece of fabric between, but I learned the hard ($$$) way NOT to put the needle down. The switch was accidentally depressed in transport, and when I plugged the machine in it went through it's little alignment shudder and knocked the machine out of time as well as breaking the needle inside the machine. A costly lesson learned.
don't feel bad.....when i got my machine back from a tune up a few weeks ago, the tech left the needle down in my bernina 1130 with stitch sample underneath, and NEVER turned off my machine. i took it back and the second time, the tech left my bobbin winder engaged.....if you haven't guess, i will NEVER go back to this bernina dealer again. as far as i am concerned, this is carelessness.