tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564554438273632665.post7841152103429624969..comments2024-03-11T09:05:08.470-04:00Comments on Quilting Adventures: Technology and my old Bernina 180 .....!Carolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05969304332997075970noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564554438273632665.post-88140582283122363952024-03-09T12:11:18.856-05:002024-03-09T12:11:18.856-05:00Thank you for this! I have babied my 180 and was ...Thank you for this! I have babied my 180 and was so disappointed when Bernina stopped supporting the Artista. I love the sewing capabilities of the machine, but was frustrated with the embroidery functions.<br />I was really P. O.’d at Bernina for stopping support when I had paid $4000 for a machine!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564554438273632665.post-62864141418038066992021-08-24T23:21:56.910-04:002021-08-24T23:21:56.910-04:00I really liked the bernina 180 s altho I had troub...I really liked the bernina 180 s altho I had trouble with the first one breaking threads as I embroidered. I bought a used 180 to embroider with and really liked it so when I saw an ad or 200 I purchased it as well. I wanted to teach some friends how to quilt and was having a fine time doing so.<br />Then I fell several times and had trouble walking and sitting and all of the other things that quilting requires, Half a dozen procedures on my back didn’t help any so I have been in a wheel chair for the last year or so. Now I’m on dialysis s which I must take three times a week.<br />I plan to sell several sewing machine,a HQ Fusion, a commercial sewing machine (a really old one) a server or two , a feather weight with its own table, most of my fabric (3 rooms of it) and all of the notions which go with it.<br />We plan to have the sale this Fri evening and all day sat or as long as I can stand being there.<br />We are about an hour north west of Charlotte NC. Norma scammellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564554438273632665.post-8225165393364406052021-07-25T11:56:50.416-04:002021-07-25T11:56:50.416-04:00You are way ahead of me. My 1130 and 1630 died, s...You are way ahead of me. My 1130 and 1630 died, so I replaced with a 180 with all the bells and whistles (embroidery stuff). (Not thinking clearly that dayI thought is was a 130). Up on local sales page pops a 180 for less than $100.00-works for me thinking I am upgrading from a 130 to a 180 - I buy it- learned it has 80 hours on it but an older version of software (have to learn what that means). Another pops up - still way cheap- $200.00 so I buy it also. Take it to the shop to learn it has ‘2 hours’ on it as the mother board has been replaced, repairman says it is like a new machine. Get out the original buy when I realize it is also a 180 - so now I have 3 180’s with a total of 296 hours between the 3 of them. Haven’t had time to determine if they sew differently but I have each labeled with dates of service, # of hours, and have given them names to keep the ‘triplets’ recognizable! This is what happens when you get old.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04417337056445772310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564554438273632665.post-22805085130620980022020-04-18T13:17:06.683-04:002020-04-18T13:17:06.683-04:00My wife has this same Artista 180 and I recently u...My wife has this same Artista 180 and I recently used a similar serial adapter to connect this to my new windows 10 computer. I am using Bernina's free Artlink 8 software and am able to write designs directly to the embroidery unit. She can edit the designs from any file type in Embird, convert to an .art in Artlink, and then sent to the machine. Kevinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564554438273632665.post-43991242079198148572020-01-21T14:08:42.331-05:002020-01-21T14:08:42.331-05:00WooHoo -- congrats on finding a workaround! At le...WooHoo -- congrats on finding a workaround! At least you have a USB port -- my first embroidery machine had a floppy -- and we all know where that technology went LOL. I still have an old computer that will work with it, but I worry about it alot. I laughed when you said you only use it for labels -- man, we spent a lot of money on stuff we never used, didn't we???Thimbleannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17809008266578798843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564554438273632665.post-61836525179499742020-01-14T10:31:10.185-05:002020-01-14T10:31:10.185-05:00They always say, “where there is a will there is a...They always say, “where there is a will there is a way.” Glad it was such an easy fix. Have fun stitching. Needled Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07749314475716010490noreply@blogger.com