I've always hemmed my husband's jeans on my older Bernina. With the help of a hump jumper it does fine. My mother used to swear by my grandmother's old Franklin treadle to sew anything heavy. She mended horse blankets and even sewed custom saddles pads for me on it. It would sew things that her 301 couldn't.
I have a Bernina 930, but it was gifted to me and needs a new needle bar so I haven't sewn much with it. My friend had one that she had purchased new and she loved it. I don't know how it is for heavy work and they cost a fortune now so . . .
I have found that with my Bernina's the need for a walking foot is much less that with other machines. The walking foot for my 180 works very well, but I don't always use it. When I'm doing something small or something with thin batting, I dont' usually bother with the walking foot.
Last edited by cashs_mom; 06-01-2021 at 05:21 AM.