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- Linda Zachman: Hello everyone, I'm so excited to be here.
I wanna be telling you how wonderful I think it is
to be part of the Wisconsin Quilt Show.
We've been there for many years in person
and we miss seeing all your faces,
but we're gonna have a virtual classroom.
So we will be able to see you in the Zoom room, I hope.
I'm Linda, I think most of you know that.
This is my daughter Debbie. - Hi.
- And my other daughter Tracy. - Hello.
- And we have been in the BERNINA business,
in fact, I'm the first woman BERNINA dealer
in this whole entire country, which is a pretty big honor.
Started back in the '60s,
and we have a wonderful surprise for you
because we are going to be showing you
during this virtual time,
BERNINA machines, BERNINA sergers,
and wait till you see the surprise we have,
and of course, the Q series.
So let's get started.
I think there's gonna be some fun things we're gonna do,
aren't we Tracy? - Yes we are.
We are going to be doing a daily giveaway
and the form will be on our lindazs.com website,
and you can also visit us in our virtual booth
at the Great Wisconsin Show.
We can't wait to see you guys live, virtually live and--
- Debbie: So what do you have there?
- Tracy: This is a signed--
- Linda: Box of thread, or? - Tracy: Box of thread.
Yes, signed by Tula Pink.
- Linda: Oh! - Tracy: Yes!
- Debbie: We're gonna give one away every day.
- Linda: Where's my Tula?
I'm gonna show another thing [laughs].
- And many more prizes,
but this will be a wonderful prize
and we wanna just talk about other accessories
that we will have for sale on lindazs.com.
- Okay, while we're here, we just have a few minutes
so I just wanna quickly show you.
This is the beautiful 590
that many of you have been hearing about.
Most of our customers that are going to classes,
they buy this for their second machine
or maybe their first machine.
It has the knee lift lever.
Of course it has the beautiful,
what we call "Pieces of Jewelry of BERNINA Feet."
It has the wonderful hoops,
and we're giving this wonderful free embroidery unit
with it so you can do the labels in your quilts,
you can do quilting in the hoop, and what else, Tracy?
- We are also giving away this set of luggage to go with it.
- Linda: Wonderful.
And there's something else hiding.
- I can't believe it, I forgot. - Debbie, tell us more.
- Tracy: Oh, we have a lot more to give away.
- Debbie: I have a lot here.
So Big Book of Feet ,
a lot of embroidery designs, and some beautiful scissors.
And we have some 5D feet
that come with that machine as well.
- All right, so we probably have forgotten something.
So we're here by this beautiful Tula 770
with a wonderful partial gray polka dots
and the titanium
and Debbie, what else comes with it?
- Well, you get the free designs from OESD,
the Imaginary Menagerie 1 and 2
and they are exclusive only to this machine
and you get them on this beautiful jump drive.
And then you have decorative stitches
that Tula designed for only this machine, for BERNINA.
And so those are beautiful.
If you like to Tula Pink,
you're going to love this machine.
- And something else that you will get with this.
- The first sale that we get from the Great Wisconsin Show
will be getting this. [all laughing]
- Linda: They are all gone. - Tracy: We only have one left.
- Debbie: We only have one left.
- And we wanted to save it for the Madison show.
- Yeah, it's the last, this one.
- And then for the second two machines we'll be giving away.
- These are actually signed books by Tula Pink.
She was here last year and she was so nice to sign,
to actually autograph these books.
So the second and third people
that get a Tula Pink 770 from us will get these as well.
- And don't forget to call us 'cause you may not win this,
but you may win some of our other surprises.
- And of course it comes with the embroidery unit and the--
- And this case.
And this is one of the designs that Tula did for us
when she was here.
We bring a lot of these events in
with these special people and speaking of special,
can we take a walk real quick?
- Tracy: Oh Linda, what do we have over here?
- Linda: Oh, it's really wonderful.
This is Mary, our manager
who is one of the absolute experts on sergers
in the whole world actually.
BERNINA had her testing these machines.
It's been many years in the works.
- It has! - And this is an air threader,
it's Swiss made.
And Mary, it looks like it's an 850, right?
And we're gonna talk about the 890 coming up too [laughs].
- Tracy: Mary, tell us more about this.
- Mary: This is an air threader, and it also will...
The speed on this will go up to 1,500 stitches per minute.
It will air thread both loopers.
[machine hums]
It's already done.
It has a swivel foot,
so I have no problem getting anything out there.
I have speed control, so I can cut down my speed.
We have a needle threader on this
also for left and right needle.
It's a very quiet...
It has the safety,
so if I forget to turn off from the air threading.
We have the BERNINA needle up, needle down foot.
- Debbie: Wow. - I can also watch the needles
with the BERNINA specialty needle kick, needle down.
I have my free hand presser foot system.
Some of us are old-fashioned,
call it the knee lift lever, but we have that.
[machine whirring]
Very nice and smooth.
You'll never find a better quality machine.
- Linda: And it's available now. - It's available now.
- And is specially priced for those of you only
that have attended the Greater Wisconsin Quilt Show.
So call us for really great pricing
and we also have the 890 that we can take deposits on.
So we're not gonna talk about that.
But we're gonna have some live video--
- Mary: Two more things!
We have this slide on tray table
and a free arm system.
- Oh wow! - Oh!
- Okay, so give us a call.
- Linda: [laughs] Okay, and Tracy, you have one last thing.
- I do, I wanna make sure that everyone knows
to visit lindazs.com.
Again, we are gonna give away daily specials,
daily giveaways if you fill out the form.
And also, BERNINA has come out with,
this is The Big Book of Feet .
We've had this for years,
but they have come out this summer
with The Big Book of Serging
and The Big Book of Quilting .
And so we will have these available for you
to purchase online at lindazs.com.
Along with our usual great prices
that we do at the Madison show every year,
we're gonna have all of our BERNINA feet on sale.
- Awesome! - And our accessories
and everything possible.
- We're not forgetting about your classes.
We have a new video studio in the last year
that you will be anywhere in the country
and you can take classes with your special password
on the new machines that you purchase
from the Greater Wisconsin Quilt Show.
We also will have some hands on.
We do that every year, and Tracy,
those wonderful forms that they have to fill out.
- Yes, they're already there. - There's lots of free product.
And those of you that know us,
when we give away free product, it's good.
[all laughing] Thanks everyone.
We appreciate your support.
We're here because of you.
Have a great day, and please come see us.
- And see us in our virtual booth.
- Bye.
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- Hello, my name is Donna Bularz.
And many of you probably know me
from Bigsby's Sewing Center in Elm Grove, Wisconsin.
Bigsby's is a full service BERNINA dealership,
right in the heart of downtown.
Today from Quilt Expo, I want to introduce you
to the newest family member from BERNINA.
And right here she is.
She is BERNINA's Q16.
So we have the Q16, the Q20, and the Q24.
We have 16 inches here of quilting space,
and you can see I have a lot of LED lighting
so I can see what I'm stitching.
I have a lot of extra lighting right at the needle.
So I'm really excited to show you this new machine,
and it is available here at Quilt Expo.
All you have to do is give us a jingle
and we will give you some extra special show pricing.
So for now, I just want you to relax
and we're gonna talk about the different features
of the Q16.
You can see it is mounted into the foldable table.
Now, BERNINA has come out
with a new adjustable foldable table,
and this one currently is set at the middle setting.
It can be set at 28 inches, 30 inches, or 32 inches.
It is the same table that the Q20 can sit in.
They've added a little spacer at the back
so it just sits a little bit forward.
It folds up and can be put away.
If you wanna lift the machine out,
it can come out and it can be put away.
Or if you're traveling
and you have a home down South for the winter
and you wanna take it with you,
it's a really nice travel companion.
Also with 16 inches,
that means we have a little bit of a lower price point.
So I know everyone is really excited to hear about that.
And we're going to continue on with this demonstration
and I'm going to show you the front of the machine.
I'm also going to talk about the different feet
that come with, that are available for the Q16.
All of the feet for the Q16, the Q20,
and the Q24 are interchangeable
with the regular sewing machines.
So everything with BERNINA is interchangeable
and that's really great.
So stay with me, and we are going to switch now
to a different view of the machine.
BERNINA does have three different
BERNINA stitch regulator modes.
I have BSR Mode 1,
which is what the machine will turn on automatically to.
And right now, the machine is set
to do 10 stitches per inch.
If I like a tighter look,
I can increase that number and get more stitches per inch.
If I like a more organic or loose look,
I can decrease the number of stitches per inch.
I also have the ability to set the idling speed,
and an idling speed means
that the needle continues to go up and down
even if you come to a stop with moving your fabric.
The needle will continue to go up and down.
And that's really something you wanna have happen
when you have sharp points.
You want them to be defined and sharp.
So BSR Mode 1 is your friend for most everything.
BSR Mode number 2 gives you one option
and that is your stitches per inch, SPI.
And it always defaults to 10.
And so that is really great for someone who is quilting
and isn't quite sure where they're going to go next,
and when you hesitate,
that machine is going to stop and wait.
So if you come to a complete stop with your needle,
with your stitching, your fabric,
that needle is going to stop
and wait for you to begin moving again
before it starts stitching.
So that also is very helpful.
Everyone seems to have their preference.
You either love one or the other.
I do believe that there are good uses for both.
Then I have BSR Mode number 3,
which is actually a basting mode.
It's going to default to two stitches per inch.
So if you need to baste your quilt
before you start quilting,
this is where you're going to go for that.
And some of you really like that little tiny micro stippling.
Really, you know who you are, you know what I'm talking about.
You can go into manual mode,
and that is no stitch regulation.
So that needle is going up and down really fast,
and you can do your little micro stippling
and whatever you need to do in the manual mode.
So those are the four different kinds of stitch regulation.
The machine also on the bottom has the ability to stitch
without having your foot on the gas pedal.
So right now, if I tap the back side of my,
the back end of my foot pedal,
I am going to bring my needle up.
So you can see one tap brought my needle up,
and I have a picture of a knot here.
So if I were to hold my heel in, it will tie a knot for me.
If I would like to now stitch
without having to keep my foot on the gas pedal,
I can simply touch the start button.
And it's indicating that if I just tap my heel
on the back side of the foot pedal,
the machine will start stitching.
So now I do not have my foot on the gas.
[machine whirring]
To stop, I simply hit the exit button.
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