Welcome to the exciting and fun world of machine embroidery.
Your Model H79 Embroidery Machine should give you many,
many hours of fun and creativity. To familiarize yourself with
the machine and how it works, it is recommended that you read
through this manual. Your experience will be much more fun if
you are familiar with the parts of the machine, what each one does
and where to reference it again when you need more information.
Use supplies recommended for use with embroidery. Many
products look the same but are not made especially for machine
embroidery. Needles, threads and stabilizers are the main
products you will want to keep on hand to make your embroidery
experience easier. When you have the products handy and ready
to use, you’ll be more apt to use your machine more often. It will
be great for gifts for family and friends. They’ll be so impressed
with your new talent when you make special gifts for them.
Enhance your home décor with pillows, towels, even wall hangings
and quilts. Use your machine for scrap-booking or card making.
Your cards will be extra special! There is no limit to your creativity!
Best of all, you’ll have many hours of relaxation and fun!
Every e ort has been made to make your Model H79 User’s Guide accurate and as easy to understand as possible. Bernina, Inc. is not
a. Design Number (## for design from Internal Memory or C##
for design on Memory Card)
b. Color Number (i.e. c01, c02)
c. Error message codes—see Error codes, p. 39 - 40.
2. Select is lit when you are in the process of selecting
a design. To make your selection press the
button.
3. Align lights after you have selected a design.
Design can now be embroidered or needle position moved in the
hoop.
4. Card lights to indicate you are accessing designs
from a Memory Card.
5. Internal lights to indicate you are accessing
designs from the Internal Memory of the machine.
6. Only available in align mode, traces the four corners of the
perimeter of the design in the hoop.
7.The arrow keys perform di erent functions depending on which
To get the most from your Model H79 Embroidery Machine you
will want to connect it to a Personal Computer. By using the
eXplorations Lite software, you can add more designs to your
collection as well as many other great features. The software gives
you the ability to connect to the Internet and get more designs,
ideas for projects, and new information about your machine.
You do not need to be connected to the internet to use the software.
With the eXplorations Lite software you can see your design before you
sew it. You can size, rotate and mirror image the design as well
as add lettering to personalize your projects. Changing colors of
the design is simple. Using the eXplorations Lite software simply
changes the color of the design on the screen and sees what the
design will look like with the new colors, without having to sew out
the design.
Note:
With the included Navigator, you can see the design sew on the
computer screen as it is sewing on the machine. This is really
helpful if you happen to want to skip part of the design. Simply
stop the machine from the Navigator software, go forward through
the design and then tell the machine to move to that point. If your
machine has a problem you can also back up through the design
using the Navigator. This can be a real time saver as well as being
much easier than backing up with the arrow keys on the machine.
(See Quick Start Guide for more information).
The eXplorations Lite software is very powerful, fun and easy to
use. You can even get more from your machine by upgrading
your eXplorations Lite software to eXplorations Basic software
or eXplorations Galaxy. You can create new designs as well as
edit pre-digitized designs plus have many more features at your
ngertips.
The operation of the Model H79 Embroidery Machine is simple.
However, there are some guidelines to follow to make your
embroidery experience a good one. To prepare to sew your rst
design, there are a few steps you’ll need to take.
Preparing to Embroider
Bobbin Winding
1. Connect the machine to the power supply and turn on the main
2. Place the spool of thread, the suitable spool cap and the wire
thread guide on spool pin. To attach the thread guide, clamp it
onto the spool pin prior to sliding on the spool of thread. NOTE:
Bobbin thread should always be used for normal embroidery.
Bobbin thread is thread speci cally made for embroidery and
usually comes in white or black. An exception is when stand alone
lace is embroidered. Use the same thread in the bobbin as is
threaded on top when embroidering stand alone lace.
3. Bring the thread through the guides and around the bobbin
winder guide. (Follow thread path illustration on top of machine).
4.Place an empty bobbin on the bobbin spindle. Put the thread
through the small hole in the side of the bobbin from the inside.
Match the groove of the bobbin with the spring on the shaft and
press the bobbin onto the shaft. Push the bobbin winder shaft to
the right. The word “bob” will be displayed in the LED screen. This
tells you when the bobbin winder is engaged.