Dolphyngyrl

I agree, I mostly use sewforum for my embroidery questions, and yahoo groups for my specific machine questions. Those are probably your best resources

Skyangel

I have a Bernina 440 and also Bernina Designer Plus software ver. 6. Did you take the classes for your machine when you bought it? I bought mine used and was able to pay my local dealer an "adoption fee" that included all the classes plus servicing for a year. I learned a lot from the classes. If you didn't take the classes, you can download the workbook and do the exercises to help you become more famillar with the functions. My dealer has the wookbooks posted online:

http://www.keizerbernina.com/my-bernina-workbooks.htm

I really get a lot of information from two different Yahoo groups:

430_440_630_640_730

BerninaV6Software

Sandygirl

I concur!
sandy

Andrew Crowley

I second the sewforum site as it is free. An inexpensive site is artisticthreadworks.com T hat is where I started, but it has a lot more off topic chatter now, but still helpful.

Andrew Crowley

Is the shop where you bought your machine conveniently located? Although I am not a fan of embroidery, I am aware that my shop hosts a monthly embroidery club and other events.

ashiecat

I would suggest you start watching OML embroidery on YouTube. Sue Brown walks you through step by step on how to use your machine. She does not get into specifics about different machines, because they are pretty much the same. However she will walk you pretty much anything you want to embroider. She demonstrates using Kreative Kiwi, Sweet Pea, Anita Goodesign, DIME, and her own designs.
Also OML embroidery is on Facebook, so you can also get help there.

pennyhal2

There is a learning curve to doing ME, but is well worth the effort. You do need stabilizer under the fabric and sometimes a topper if you are stitching on something like a bath towel. There are a lot of different kinds of these toppers and stabilizers available. The quilt ME designs you buy online designed for quilting (or maybe your machine has them?) are great. However, if you are stitching a dense filled design like a dog on quilting fabric, do a practice first on the fabric you are going to use so you can see if the outcome is satisfactory. I"ve seen quilts done with ME and they were all gorgeous. Also, the additional thread will add weight if the quilt has a lot of dense designs on it.

The place I bought my machine from helped me a lot!

RedGarnet222

Here you go. Tailored to your Bernina machine.
Embroider-along Part 1: The Four Basics of Machine Embroidery - WeAllSew

sewingpup

Folks, I think this is an old question from 2013. The Bernina 635 is not being made anymore. Bernina still has the manual available but a lot of the other videos ect are on the site are showing the newer machines.

mkc

It is.

Andrew Crowley keeps bumping old embroidery-topic threads to promote his digitizing software...