Hand waving!

I am another Bernina 440 owner. Love it. Hubby got it for me for Christmas about 5 years ago. I wanted it specifically to use the Bernina Stitch Regulator; without it, I NEVER would have even attempted to do free motion quilting. The BSR takes a lot of practice, so don't be put off when your first attempts don't look like something in the Houston Quilt Show.

The 440 doesn't do windows, but that is my only complaint.

Enjoy your new machine and the family who loves you enough to give it to you.

I too have the bernina 440QE. It is a wonderful machine. You will enjoy it very much once you learn all the features and learn to use them. It was a truely wonderful gift! What a nice family.

MomtoBostonTerriers... Go to the main bernina site. They have many updates to download for windows there free. I had to download the windows 7 upgrade and now everything works fine.

I really love my 440 QE. I have to say, though, that the BSR is not my favorite item, although it was the reason I originally bought the machine. The stitches on BSR aren't as pretty as I like, and I have had some issues with the BSR skipping stitches. I really, really, really love this machine, though!