Balance - Bernina artista 180 Instruction Manual & Sewing Manual

Balance

Balance for practical and decorative stitches
If the stitch looks
If the stitch looks
like th is, use this like th is, use this
arro w to correct it. arro w to co rrect it.
If th e stitch looks
If th e stitch looks
like th is, use this
like th is, use th is
a rro w to co rre ct it.
a rro w to co rre ct it.
All stitch es are checked and fu lly
adjusted before the m achine leaves
the facto ry.
D iffe ren t fab rics, th read s, sta b ilize rs,
and in terfacin g s can affe ct
program m ed stitch es so th at
som etim es they m ight not close or
they m ight overlap, i.e . the stitch es
th at m ake up the pattern are too
close to g eth er or too fa r ap art.
Open Balance
b
• touch fu n ctio n b
• if the fu n ctio n is not visible on
screen , touch the arro w in the
fu n ctio n to o lb ar to scroll through
all the availab le fu n ctio n s
W hen sew ing so ft fab rics such as
je rsey or trico t, the fab ric tends to
stretch under the presser fo o t w h ich
also stretch es the stitch being sew n .
For exam ple, the Honeycom b stitch
opens up and is too long. T h ick er
fab rics m ight cause the stitch to
o verlap , m aking it too short.
C o rrectin g w ith balance is very
sim ple.
Corrections
Stitch too long:
• touch the arro w show n on the right
(ap p ro xim ately 3)
• the num ber of steps activated w ill
be show n directly above the arro w
• the stitch w ill be shortened
• the change is n o t show n on screen
• 2 -5 steps are norm ally su fficie n t to
co rrect the stitch (m ax. 50 steps)
• sew a test and m ake ad ditional
co rrectio n s if needed
Stitch too short:
• proceed as above, using the arro w
on the left
• sew a test and m ake ad ditio nal
co rrectio n s if needed
Balance
These effe cts can be corrected w ith
the electro n ic balance so th at the
stitch fo rm atio n can be adjusted
w h e re necessary to suit the fa b ric.
There are 50 vertical steps and 20
h o rizo n tal steps.
Balance
• select any stitch
• touch b to activate balan ce; balance
screen appears
• w h en ad justing practical stitch es, a
graphic of the honeycom b stitch
ap pears in the cen ter of the screen
( t h i s i s u s e d a s t h e e x a m p l e
p r a c t i c a l s t i t c h e s )
• w h en adjusting deco rative stitch es,
a g raph ic of the satin stitched oval
ap pears in the cen ter of the screen
( t h i s i s u s e d a s t h e e x a m p l e
d e c o r a t i v e s t i t c h e s )
• tw o m alfo rm ation s are displayed on
eithe r side of the stitch - left too
short and right too long
• the arro w s at the bottom of the
screen sh ow in w h ich direction the
stitch must be corrected
Returning to stitch screen
• afte r all co rrectio n s are m ade,
touch OK to co n firm the chang es
and return to the stitch screen
• to u ch in g reset w ill return the stitch
to the sam e co ndition as w h en the
balance fu n ctio n w as opened
• before selecting a n ew stitch , press
the extern al clr button to close
b alan ce, o th erw ise it w ill a ffe ct all
su bsequ en t stitch es.
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