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BERNINA sewing and embroidery machines or sergers are tailored to your needs. Here, we provide you with an overview of the extensive BERNINA machine range.
The BERNINA Q 24, Q 20 & Q 16 PLUS Longarm Quilting Machines are available on frame in three sizes. You can choose which model and which frame you prefer. Enjoy big quilting art work.
With the BERNINA Q 16, Q 16 PLUS and Q 20 sit-down model free-motion quilting is child's play. The generous longarm depth and height provide ample space for managing your larger quilts. Enjoy big quilting art work even with smaller space.
Teaming up with the innovative BERNINA Q Series machines, Q-matic fulfills your automated quilting needs in just a few simple steps.
BERNINA longarm quilting accessories give you the best quilting experience with your BERNINA longarm quilting machine. Enjoy quilting on the highest level.
The Longarm Advisor will help you to find the Q Longarm system which matches your space requirements and quilting needs best.
Learn to master your BERNINA sewing, quilting and embroidery machine, Overlocker, Q Series, Q-matic, and bernette with helpful workbooks.
The Training & Education Team at BERNINA presents a series of diverse posts with the best tips and tricks to help you sew successfully.
With these tips you will improve your machine embroidery skills.
Whether you have a PRO Frame with a BERNINA Q 24 or Q 20 or a Studio Frame with a BERNINA Q 20 or Q 16 PLUS, we have the right Q-matic for you.
About Lisa: With a degree in Textile Management and Marketing, Lisa Hagstoz Calle soon began to explore the “other” side of textiles, the artistic side. She fell in love with quilting in 1997 and discovered longarm quilting in 2004. Her award-winning original designs have opened the door to teaching opportunities so that others can learn from her art and skills.
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Being a quilter, a maker, a creator is serious business. When it’s time to make, your creativity deserves the support of a great system.
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This video shows you how to install and start Q-matic.
This video will show you how to install BERNINA Q-matic on your BERNINA Studio Frame.
Art&Stitch is a digitizing software developed especially for quilters, which can be used in conjunction with Q-matic for detailed design customization and/or digitizing new designs according to special quilting needs. Teaming up with the innovative BERNINA Q 24 and Q 20 machines on the smooth free-motion quilting frames, BERNINA Q-matic fulfills your automated quilting needs in just a few simple steps. Watch all video tutorials in this playlist to learn everything about our quilting automation system.
How to install BERNINA Q-matic on the BERNINA PRO Frames
How to install BERNINA Q-matic on the BERNINA Studio Frame
BERNINA Q-matic Video Tutorial: Art and Stitch
Use the “Align” feature to position designs horizontally or vertically in line. Align on the top, bottom or centered on screen while creating your quilt lay out or with the help of your sewhead and according to the position of the quilt blocks. Teaming up with the innovative BERNINA Q 24 and Q 20 machines on the smooth free-motion quilting frames, BERNINA Q-matic fulfills your automated quilting needs in just a few simple steps. Watch all video tutorials in this playlist to learn everything about our quilting automation system.
Use the “Boundary” feature to place a design into a block precisely. Create a four-point border outline on screen or with the help of the sewhead. The design can be placed maintaining its ration or morphed to fit. An additional margin from the border outline can be set. Teaming up with the innovative BERNINA Q 24 and Q 20 machines on the smooth free-motion quilting frames, BERNINA Q-matic fulfills your automated quilting needs in just a few simple steps. Watch all video tutorials in this playlist to learn everything about our quilting automation system.
Use the “Copy” and “Delete” feature to duplicate or delete a design on the Main Screen. The duplicated design will be virtually attached to the needle. Teaming up with the innovative BERNINA Q 24 and Q 20 machines on the smooth free-motion quilting frames, BERNINA Q-matic fulfills your automated quilting needs in just a few simple steps. Watch all video tutorials in this playlist to learn everything about our quilting automation system.
The “Connect” feature allows to “Group”, “Attach” or “Link” multiple designs. The connection can be reversed if necessary with the “Unconnect” feature. Group: two or more designs can be grouped in order to apply further changes to all like resizing or rotation. Attach: the end point of the first design is attached to the start point of the second design to become one continuous line design. Link: the end point of the first design is attached to the start point of the second design with a straight stitching line to become a continuous line design. Teaming up with the innovative BERNINA Q 24 and Q 20 machines on the smooth free-motion quilting frames, BERNINA Q-matic fulfills your automated quilting needs in just a few simple steps. Watch all video tutorials in this playlist to learn everything about our quilting automation system.
Use the “Grab and Drop” feature to virtually attach a design to the sewhead needle and drop virtually on the quilt or in a quilt block. This is a great feature for design placement. Teaming up with the innovative BERNINA Q 24 and Q 20 machines on the smooth free-motion quilting frames, BERNINA Q-matic fulfills your automated quilting needs in just a few simple steps. Watch all video tutorials in this playlist to learn everything about our quilting automation system.
Use the “Marker” feature to set virtual markers on your quilt or in a block. A great feature for design placement in a quilt lay out. The individual marker points can be connected and a new shape can be created, e.g. for appliqué. Teaming up with the innovative BERNINA Q 24 and Q 20 machines on the smooth free-motion quilting frames, BERNINA Q-matic fulfills your automated quilting needs in just a few simple steps. Watch all video tutorials in this playlist to learn everything about our quilting automation system.
Use the “Mask” feature to cut out a selected design (closed shape) or a newly created shape from a background filler design. The masking can be done on the inside or outside. Teaming up with the innovative BERNINA Q 24 and Q 20 machines on the smooth free-motion quilting frames, BERNINA Q-matic fulfills your automated quilting needs in just a few simple steps. Watch all video tutorials in this playlist to learn everything about our quilting automation system.
Use the “Flip” and “Mirror” feature to turn your design vertically or horizontally over. Teaming up with the innovative BERNINA Q 24 and Q 20 machines on the smooth free-motion quilting frames, BERNINA Q-matic fulfills your automated quilting needs in just a few simple steps. Watch all video tutorials in this playlist to learn everything about our quilting automation system.
Edge to Edge: Copy and join at the same time continuous line design segments with one click to fill a full quilt row. Delete already joined segments with one click. Teaming up with the innovative BERNINA Q 24 and Q 20 machines on the smooth free-motion quilting frames, BERNINA Q-matic fulfills your automated quilting needs in just a few simple steps. Watch all video tutorials in this playlist to learn everything about our quilting automation system.
The “Multiply” feature is a great tool for edge-to-edge quilting and allows duplicating a design across with a desired amount of repeats as well as multiplying down with a desired number of rows and customized spacing. Additionally designs or rows can be flipped or an offset can be added for even spacing in a border or sashing. Teaming up with the innovative BERNINA Q 24 and Q 20 machines on the smooth free-motion quilting frames, BERNINA Q-matic fulfills your automated quilting needs in just a few simple steps. Watch all video tutorials in this playlist to learn everything about our quilting automation system.
Use the “Resize” feature to adapt and customize a design in size for a specific quilt block or quilt lay out. The design can be simply resized on screen, by entering a specific size, or using the machine head. Teaming up with the innovative BERNINA Q 24 and Q 20 machines on the smooth free-motion quilting frames, BERNINA Q-matic fulfills your automated quilting needs in just a few simple steps. Watch all video tutorials in this playlist to learn everything about our quilting automation system.
Use the “Reverse Sew” feature to interchange the start and stop point of the design. Teaming up with the innovative BERNINA Q 24 and Q 20 machines on the smooth free-motion quilting frames, BERNINA Q-matic fulfills your automated quilting needs in just a few simple steps. Watch all video tutorials in this playlist to learn everything about our quilting automation system.
Use the “Rotate” feature to turn a design to fit into a specific block or quilt area. Teaming up with the innovative BERNINA Q 24 and Q 20 machines on the smooth free-motion quilting frames, BERNINA Q-matic fulfills your automated quilting needs in just a few simple steps. Watch all video tutorials in this playlist to learn everything about our quilting automation system.
Use the “Trim” feature to crop a full quilt lay out with edge-to-edge quilting or trim away a certain portion of a design. Teaming up with the innovative BERNINA Q 24 and Q 20 machines on the smooth free-motion quilting frames, BERNINA Q-matic fulfills your automated quilting needs in just a few simple steps. Watch all video tutorials in this playlist to learn everything about our quilting automation system.
BERNINA Q-matic Video Tutorial: Align
BERNINA Q-matic Video Tutorial: Boundary
BERNINA Q-matic Video Tutorial: Copy and Delete
BERNINA Q-matic Video Tutorial: Connect and Unconnect
BERNINA Q-matic Video Tutorial: Grab and Drop
BERNINA Q-matic Video Tutorial: Markers
BERNINA Q-matic Video Tutorial: Mask
BERNINA Q-matic Video Tutorial: Flip and Mirror
BERNINA Q-matic Video Tutorial: Edge to Edge (E2E)
BERNINA Q-matic Video Tutorial: Multiply
BERNINA Q-matic Video Tutorial: Resize
BERNINA Q-matic Video Tutorial: Reverse Sew
BERNINA Q-matic Video Tutorial: Rotate
BERNINA Q-matic Video Tutorial: Trim, including 2-point angle trim
The “Customize Design Center” feature allows preselecting specific designs from the design library for a quilt project. Designs can be searched by design name or by tag names. Teaming up with the innovative BERNINA Q 24 and Q 20 machines on the smooth free-motion quilting frames, BERNINA Q-matic fulfills your automated quilting needs in just a few simple steps. Watch all video tutorials in this playlist to learn everything about our quilting automation system.
Use the “EasyGlide” feature to move the belted Sewhead with ease, especially when setting the safe area or wide movements of the belted sewhead are necessary. Teaming up with the innovative BERNINA Q 24 and Q 20 machines on the smooth free-motion quilting frames, BERNINA Q-matic fulfills your automated quilting needs in just a few simple steps. Watch all video tutorials in this playlist to learn everything about our quilting automation system.
Use the “realign Safe Area” feature to realign your safe area after having advanced the quilt. This feature is especially useful when pantograph quilting. Teaming up with the innovative BERNINA Q 24 and Q 20 machines on the smooth free-motion quilting frames, BERNINA Q-matic fulfills your automated quilting needs in just a few simple steps. Watch all video tutorials in this playlist to learn everything about our quilting automation system.
Teaming up with the innovative BERNINA Q 24 and Q 20 machines on the smooth free-motion quilting frames, BERNINA Q-matic fulfills your automated quilting needs in just a few simple steps. Watch all video tutorials in this playlist to learn everything about our quilting automation system.
Use the guided “Thread break Recovery” feature to recover the stitch out after a thread break or after running out of bobbin thread. Teaming up with the innovative BERNINA Q 24 and Q 20 machines on the smooth free-motion quilting frames, BERNINA Q-matic fulfills your automated quilting needs in just a few simple steps. Watch all video tutorials in this playlist to learn everything about our quilting automation system.
Benefit from different zoom and view options to see specific parts of the design or quilt lay out. Teaming up with the innovative BERNINA Q 24 and Q 20 machines on the smooth free-motion quilting frames, BERNINA Q-matic fulfills your automated quilting needs in just a few simple steps. Watch all video tutorials in this playlist to learn everything about our quilting automation system.
Use the “Set Safe Area” feature to establish the area where the sewhead can move safely. Teaming up with the innovative BERNINA Q 24 and Q 20 machines on the smooth free-motion quilting frames, BERNINA Q-matic fulfills your automated quilting needs in just a few simple steps. Watch all video tutorials in this playlist to learn everything about our quilting automation system.
Use the “Manage Tags” feature to create, rename or delete tag names. When a new master tag name is created to label designs, the new tag name will be added to the existing list in alphabetical order. Delete or change any tag name according to your needs. Teaming up with the innovative BERNINA Q 24 and Q 20 machines on the smooth free-motion quilting frames, BERNINA Q-matic fulfills your automated quilting needs in just a few simple steps. Watch all video tutorials in this playlist to learn everything about our quilting automation system.
Use the “Design Tags” feature to label designs with tag names in order to facilitate the search. Teaming up with the innovative BERNINA Q 24 and Q 20 machines on the smooth free-motion quilting frames, BERNINA Q-matic fulfills your automated quilting needs in just a few simple steps. Watch all video tutorials in this playlist to learn everything about our quilting automation system.
Use the “Import Design” feature to import new designs in .bqm or .dxf format. Import designs from third party designers or import own creations via thumb drive from Art&Stitch. Teaming up with the innovative BERNINA Q 24 and Q 20 machines on the smooth free-motion quilting frames, BERNINA Q-matic fulfills your automated quilting needs in just a few simple steps. Watch all video tutorials in this playlist to learn everything about our quilting automation system.
Use the “Quilt Size” feature to set the size of your quilt. With the actual quilt size displayed on screen it is easy to place designs and plan the quilt lay out. Teaming up with the innovative BERNINA Q 24 and Q 20 machines on the smooth free-motion quilting frames, BERNINA Q-matic fulfills your automated quilting needs in just a few simple steps. Watch all video tutorials in this playlist to learn everything about our quilting automation system.
BERNINA Q-matic Video Tutorial: Customize Design Center
BERNINA Q-matic Video Tutorial: EasyGlide
BERNINA Q-matic Video Tutorial: Realign Safe Area
BERNINA Q-matic Video Tutorial: Sew Options
BERNINA Q-matic Video Tutorial: Thread Break Recovery
BERNINA Q-matic Video Tutorial: View and Zoom
BERNINA Q-matic Video Tutorial: Set Safe Area
BERNINA Q-matic Video Tutorial: Manage Tags
BERNINA Q-matic Video Tutorial: Design Tags
BERNINA Q-matic Video Tutorial: Import Designs
BERNINA Q-matic Video Tutorial: Quilt Size
To ensure that you enjoy your BERNINA for as long as possible, we recommend that you read the detailed operating instructions. Further support information and firmware updates can be found on the support page.