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Bernina 880 Setup for Janome Ruler Toe

Written by Reneah D. Raffay



Recently on YouTube, Amy Johnson from Amy’s Free Motion Quilting Adventures

(http://freemotionquiltingadventures.blogspot.com) was using the Anchor Top Quilting

Templates on a Janome 6600. This really got me excited about trying this on my Bernina 880.

The following are the steps I needed to do to set my Bernina 880 for quilting ruler work.

Accessories You will need

The following feet and accessories are needed.

Bernina 77 footStep 1: Purchase the Bernina 77 foot which allows you to add another company’s shank anduse that companies specialty feet.

Step 2: For the Bernina 880, I will be using the below, Janome Convertible Free Motion QuiltFoot Set for HIGH SHANK. This can be purchased at your local Janome Dealer. The JanomeConvertible Free Motion Shank I like because there is a spring to the right and screw thatallows you adjust the height of the foot or the distance from the foot to the quilt.



Convertible Free Motion Quilt Foot Set (High Shank) Part # 202001003

Step 3: Also, from a Janome Dealer you will need to purchase the Convertible Free Motion

Frame Quilting Feet for 1600. These optional feet can be used with the Convertible Free

Motion Quilt Shank. The ruler toe foot is a perfect height for the ¼” rulers. It actually looks

like a hopping foot that the long arm machines have. With most domestic home sewing

machines, the free motion foot is thin and you have to worry about the foot sliding under the

ruler or template and possibly breaking a needle. Per the instructions on the package attach the

¼ inch ruler foot to the Janome Convertible Free Motion Quilt Shank.

Convertible Free-Motion Frame Quilting Feet for 1600P SeriesPart Number: 767434005

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Step 4: Attach the Convertible Free Motion Quilt Shank to the Bernina 77 Adapter.



Step 5: Attach the Bernina foot 77 to the machine. If your machine is in a cabinet, drop the machine

down so it is flush within the cabinet or use the tray that came with the machine.

Supreme Slider-When you are doing free motion quilting there is a lot of strain on your armsand shoulders to push and pull the quilt under the machine. In order to help the quilt moveeasily, I use the Supreme Slider on the machine. A Supreme Slider is made of 100% Teflonwhich is very slippery and allows the fabric move smoothly. This is important for domesticsewing machines. Place the white side up.



Setting up the Bernina 880 Machine

The following are the settings that I found that would work with my Bernina 880 machine. Each

machine may be slightly different, but this will give you starting point or a guide to start by.

1. Select stitch number 1 in the Practical Stitches.

2. It will be necessary to trick the machine to think we have a different foot on the machine.

Press the foot icon on the left of the screen. As shown in the next picture, it is 1C.

3. Select the, the darning which foot 9.



4. Close the window.

5. If you would like, you can lower the feed dogs. Personally, I leave them up but adjust thestitch length to zero. The zero stitch length keeps the tension in tack but doesn’t allowthe fabric to move. Much like having the feed dogs down. This will be an individualpreference.

6. The needle position will need to be moved over to the right so that the needle is in the

center of the ruler foot. Press the right arrow button on the machine for the needle

position 5 times. It will show as the below with the 9 foot.

Feed Dogs

Stitch Length



7. Presser foot presser will need to be adjusted. With the machine default settings, the foot

will press on the fabric not allowing it to move freely. This setting is one that will not be

set in stone and is an individual setting depending on the thickness of the quilt and your

machine. I am working with muslin on the top and bottom with Warm and Natural

batting. Press the Pressure foot icon on the machine. Press the “–“ sign until you reach

at least a -20. Depending on your project thickness, you may need to go to -25 and also

adjust the screw on the Janome foot so that the foot just lightly touches the fabric. On a

scrap piece of quilt sandwich, test to make sure that the fabric moves freely under the

foot when free motion quilting. You don’t want the foot too high. This will cause the

fabric to flag and you may experience skip stitches.



8. The last setting that needs to be made to the machine is the deactivating the hover feature

when the needle is in the down position. Press the setup icon on the right toolbar.

9. Press the plus on the Sewing Settings icon.

10. Press the plus on the Programming Function-button/Function icon.

11. Press the plus for the Press Foot Position with Needle Stop Down icon.

12. Press the first option that will not allow the foot to rise when you are not sewing and the

needle is in the down position. Remember we adjusted the pressure foot pressure in a

previous step with the Janome foot shank adapter. The foot will be raised slightly in

this position.



13. Press the “X”.

You are now ready to do ruler work with your Bernina 880 as a sit down machine. The

templates I highly recommend and have had success with is Top Anchor Quilting Templates.

Their website is http://topanchorquilting.com/

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