Hi there Rachel,
I just recently bought a used Bernina 440QE and it came with the BSR. I'm working on it now, and I'm getting HUGE stitch jumps using BSR 1. After reading your posts and replies I changed to a Schmetz quilting needle, and I'm using Gutterman 100% cotton thread, and it is jumping big time. It stitches well, then suddenly, I get three huge jumps/skips within 4 inches. I will keep reading but I'm wondering what your final resolution was. Having bought this on eBay, I do know that the machine had very few sewing hours (like 5!) on it (found a youtube video that showed how to go into service mode), but based on the age of the machine and the BSR, wondering if it needs the updates.
Originally Posted by
Rachelcb80
Interesting info, thanks Nursie! I knew a new spring was part of the update but I didn't know why. That makes a lot of sense. Wednesday I decided to stop ignoring my BSR and I put it back on my machine. I had just a little area left inside the pinwheels to quilt. It skipped a couple times but not as badly as it had before. Then Wednesday and Thursday I quilted the borders on my quilt and it never skipped one time. It never would skip on a fabric sandwich though and that's basically what my borders were. Anyways, I went in yesterday to my dealers store and talked with them. I told her I'd like to try it out on my next quilt and see if it did any better. If it continues to skip they'll do a once over on my machine and most likely replace the BSR. It's under warranty for a long time so I'm covered for awhile.
I feel a lot better about the whole thing after talking with my dealer. She really seemed to care and had actually tried calling me the day before. (I think she had the wrong number though because she said it was just music playing and playing. I don't have that on my phone.) I can tell they will do their best to make sure everything works right so I'm not as frantic about it all as I was a few days ago.
