Bernina B 550QE with Bernina Stitch Regulator

Introducing The NEW Bernina B 550 QE Sewing Machine

BERNINA 550 QE – both creative and clever - easy handling, optimum sewing results

Thanks to numerous innovations, the BERNINA 550 QE’s extensive stitch package can be perfectly adapted to your sewing project. Stitch length and width can be altered almost effortlessly via the easy-to-use LCD display of the BERNINA 550 QE, while you have full control over all the stitch properties – including 11 different needle positions. Easy access to all settings makes for quick work and offers maximum convenience and ease when sewing or quilting. The changes can be saved either temporarily or permanently in the BERNINA 550 QE’s memory, for which 100 free storage locations are available. This means you can access your favorite stitches, stitch patterns and combinations whenever you want, without having to reset the stitch parameters – a considerable savings of time allowing you to focus on your creative project.

Product Features

Built-in BERNINA Stitch Regulator (BSR)

A special highlight of the BERNINA 550 QE is the BERNINA Stitch Regulator (BSR) <>, which ensures highest precision when free-motion sewing. Even when the feed-dog is lowered and the fabric is being manually guided, the sophisticated BSR technology ensures stitches that are always of the exact same length, by recognizing and compensating for differences in sewing speed. This innovative BERNINA 550 QE function allows even inexperienced free-motion quilters to produce accurate and consistent stitch lengths for a precise stitch pattern – right from the get-go! Thanks to its BSR functionality, precise free-motion sewing with the BERNINA 550 QE is a relaxed affair – ideal for sewing and quilting at the highest level.

Built-in onscreen Creative Consultant

One of the many intuitive functions and features of the BERNINA 550 QE is the built-in Creative Consultant which can be accessed via the LCD display. This clever tool will help you achieve success when sewing and quilting. Step-by-step, you enter the basic information on your sewing project via descriptive icons, choose the fabric type, and specify the nature of your project – and the Creative Consultant will show you which combination of needle, presser foot and thread is best suited to your project, and which stitch patterns are available for it. The BERNINA 550 QE not only offers an excellent "jump-start“ for novices – it also lends a hand to experienced sewers with troubleshooting when there’s a problem with fabric feed, when the thread forms loops, or when the needle used doesn’t seem to suit the fabric.

Extensive stitch library

With the BERNINA 550 QE, you’ll have access to a generous library of 22 utility and 155 decorative stitches, including 24 different quilting stitches. Ten buttonhole, eyelet, and button-sew-on stitches and four sewing alphabets also form part of the BERNINA 550 QE’s extensive stitch package. With features like these, the 550 QE offers everything you could possibly need to create ambitious sewing and quilting projects of the highest quality. What’s more, the properties of each stitch, such as length, width, and needle position, can be customized and combined with one another, and thanks to the BERNINA 550 QE’s built-in memory function, your changes can be saved permanently or temporarily. Of course, reverse sewing or mirroring of the stitch patterns is also possible.

Sew Simple!

You'll appreciate the user friendly features and simple interface. The crisp LCD displays all your settings at a glance. The built-in Sewing Consultant is ready to assist you at any time. The practical semi-automatic needle threader lets you start sewing faster. With the BERNINA 550 QE, you'll spend more of your valuable time sewing and quilting.

More Memory Options

Let your B 550 QE keeps track of the details with multiple memory functions. Both models remember the changes you make to the stitches as you use them in your sewing session. They will also remember your favorite stitch settings for each stitch when saved in a long-term memory. For creative applications, you can save up to 100 stitches in a combination.

Greater Sewing Comfort

Unique to BERNINA, the Free Hand System raises and lowers the presser foot while releasing thread tension and lowering the feed dog, leaving your hands free to guide your project. Also included is a practical extension table with ample space to hold your larger sewing projects.

The new BERNINA 550 QE model will wow you with its simple, classic design. BERNINA engineers believe elegant form should be combined with superior function to set new design standards. Whether you're sewing or quilting, modern aesthetics plus cutting-edge technology is an integral part of the package with the B 550 QE.

Product Specifications

Machine Specifications

• Hook system: CB
• Sewing speed (stitches per minute): 900
• Length of freearm to the right of needle: 190 mm
• LCD display
• LED sewing light
• Maximum stitch length: 5 mm
• Maximum stitch width: 5.5 mm
• Needle positions: 11
• Number of spool pins: 2
• Semi-automatic needle threader
• Adjustable presser foot pressure
• Thread cutter (manual): 3
• Memory (short-term/altered stitches)
• Memory (long-term/altered stitches)
• Create and save stitch combinations: 100
• BSR functionality-straight stitch and zigzag
• Start/Stop button
• Slide speed control
• Pattern end
• USB connection (slave)
• FHS functionality (Free Hand System)

Sewing Specifications

• Automatic buttonhole
• Manual buttonhole
• Button sew-on program
• Needle stop up/down
• Reverse sewing
• Mirror image
• Total number of stitch patterns: 148
• Practical stitches: 22
• Decorative stitches (incl. quilt stitches): 155
• Quilting stitches: 24
• Buttonholes (incl. eyelet and button sew-on program): 10
• Alphabets: 4
• Creative consultant
• Characters/stitch pattern combination view horizontal
• Pattern repeat 1-9

Included Accessories

• Presser feet included: 8
• Reverse pattern foot #1
• Automatic buttonhole foot with slide #3
• Zipper foot #4
• Blindstitch foot #5
• Open embroidery foot #20
• Patchwork foot #37
• Walking foot #50
• BERNINA Stitch Regulator (BSR)
• Slide-on freearm extension table
• Presser foot lifter (Free Hand System)
• Foot control
• Accessory case
• Carrier bag