Placing Your Sewing Machine; Fabric Installation; Fabric Installation Overview - Bernina Quilting Frame Assembly Instruction Manual

Placing your Sewing Machine.

Parts Needed:
4- Sewing Machine Clamp Assembly
1- Assembled Carriage and Frame
Place your sewing machine onto the Top Plate of the Carriage, and
center it, from side to side and from front to back.
Pull the Sewing Machine Clamp Handle in the open position slide it
into the slot on the Top Plate until it is touching the sewing machine.
Push the handle down to lock the Clamp into position. Repeat this
with the remaining (3) clamps.
With the sewing machine sitting centered on the Top Plate and the
Top Plate sitting centered on the Carriage Bottom Plate, roll the
Carriage to one end of the frame. Tighten the (2) M5 X 15mm SBHCS
closest to the carriage, one at the front of the carriage and one at the
back of the carriage, as shown in Fig PSM-1. Next roll the carriage
close to the next set of screws and tighten them. Continue this
process moving toward the other end of the frame until all the screws
in the track runners are tight. This process will align the track runners
to your carriage providing a smooth gliding system.
Now, put the take up rail through the open area of the throat of your
sewing machine and into the take up rail housing.
Congratulations! You have completed the assembly of your Bernina Quilting Frame.
All that remains is to install your fabric and begin quilting!
We recommend you begin with practice material allowing you to experiment with machine settings and
stitching techniques.
NOTE: As you cut your fabric layers, we recommend making the quilt backing about 6-8" longer and 2-4"
wider than your top. This will allow for a little give in the backing, especially if using thicker batting.

Fabric Installation:

Using leader cloths enable you to finish your quilt completely, to the end, without having to take your quilt
off the rails.

Fabric installation overview

take up leader
3rd rail
Fig. FI-1
2nd rail
1st rail (take up rail)
backing (Step 1)
top fabric (Step 2)
batting (Step 3)
4th rail
Fig. PSM-1
Step 1: Install quilt backing to 2nd rail and roll up.
Step 2: Install quilt top to the 3rd rail and roll up.
Step 3: Install batting to the 4th rail and roll up.
Step 4: Attach quilt backing to take up rail.
Step 5: Attach batting to take up rail.
Step 6: Attach quilt top to take up rail.
2nd rail
top fabric
3rd rail
batting
Fig. FI-2
M5 X 15mm
SBHCS
1st rail
backing
4th rail
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