Bernina Bernette Sewing Machine Whispering

In case any of you are scratching your heads here right now, Jen, (Cre8tive Quilter, and my good friend) has named me the 'Sewing Machine Whisperer', because I like to work on sewing machines and make them purr after years of use, and those which are in serious need of some TLC.

Louie and I found this Bernina Bernette 440 sewing machine today while out 'Goodwill Hunting'. Upon research on the internet, we believe this machine was introduced around 1989, which makes it 18-19 years old. Now, if you know Louie and I, we have a hard time leaving sewing machines in the thrift stores, but when we saw it was a Bernina, Louie said it had to come home with us. I spent a couple hours working on it after Louie went to bed tonight, and it is now clean, oiled, and sews like a dream. Usually when we get a sewing machine thrift shopping, it is loud and clunky because it has been neglected, or just sat around for so many years that it has no oil left to lubricate the moving parts. I can tell you now, that there are no dry spots left. I even wound a bobbin. The machine did a wonderful job of bobbin winding. Even though this machine is older, I don't think it got all that much use. I couldn't find any spots that seems worn from fabric rubbing, and the foot control looked new, with no paint rubbed off from shoes. The manual seemed to be in good shape, and the attachments were still in the little plastic ziplock bag. The cover seems to be in good shape, considering it's age, and pretty clean with no tears. There are two little blue disks missing from the middle of the two top knobs, but that really is not an issue, and can either be left alone, or I could find some blue paper to match, laminate the circles and glue them back on the machine. Who would know? (Except YOU, now that I have told my secret!)

My job here of Bernette Sewing Machine Whispering is done. Thanks for visiting my blog.