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The Bernina 540 will help you tell stories with a quilt, express yourself through hand-crafted clothes or make everything more beautiful with embroidery*
The Bernina 5 Series has been engineered line expressly to tackle all of these tasks with effortless ease. It is perfectly sized, feature packed and ready to sew, quilt and embroider* quieter, faster, better and with fewer stops and starts thanks to the BERNINA Hook. Interest piqued? We don't blame you.
Buying your machine from The Sewing Studio means you’ll receive lifetime help and support from our knowledgable team of sewing machine experts.
Simply pick up the phone to get help with setting up, using or troubleshooting your sewing machine. We usually identify 9/10 problems for our customers over the phone.
We'll be here to help for as long as you own the Bernina 540 Sewing Machine.
Labour & Parts Guarantee
7 Year Labour Guarantee on this model.
This is the length of time labour repairs will be carried out free of charge to the customer. (exclusions apply)
7 Year Parts Warranty on this model.
This is the length of time replacement parts covered by the warranty will be supplied free of charge to the customer. (exclusions apply).
Manufacturer Information
General Features
Hook system - BERNINA Hook
Maximum sewing speed (stitches per minute) - 1000
Sewing space to the right of the needle - 8.5 Inch / 215 mm
Color touch screen - 4.3 Inch / 10 cm
LED sewing lights - 12 LED
Multi-function knobs
Maximum stitch width - 9
Maximum stitch length - 6
Needle positions - 11
Sewing in each needle position
Number of spool holders - 2
Semi-automatic needle threader
Automatic thread cutter
Adjustable presser foot pressure
Manual thread cutter - 4
Adaptive Thread Tension
Create and save stitch combinations
Memory (short-term/altered stitches)
Memory (long-term/altered stitches)
BSR enabled, straight stitch and zigzag (separate BSR foot required)
Start/stop button (stitching without foot control)
Slide speed control
Upper thread indicator
USB interface for PC connection
Changing stitch settings while sewing
BERNINA foot control with back-kick function
Needle stop up/down
Drag & Drop
Bobbin winding while sewing/embroidering
On-screen help
Sewing tutorial
Creative consultant
Setup program
Machine weight - 11 kg
Machine size (mm) - 461x200x27.5
Machine size (inch) - 18.1x7.9x12.9
Sewing & Quilting Features
Pattern start/end function
Programmable Securing Function
Number of stitch patterns (incl. alphabet) total - 1048
Utility stitches total - 30
Buttonholes (incl. eyelet) total - 14
Automatic buttonhole length measuring system
Automatic buttonhole
Manual multi-step buttonhole
Button sew-on program
Darning programs
Decorative stitches total - 300
Quilting stitches total - 44
Cross-stitch programs - 31
Sewing alphabets - 5
Embroidery Features (*)
These features are only available when the embroidery module is purchased too. You can add this today (see above product bundles) or at a future date to extend the capabilities of your new sewing machine.
Maximum embroidery area - 15.7 Inch x 5.9 Inch / 400x150 mm
Maximum embroidery speed (stitches per minute) - 1000
Onscreen editing of designs: positioning, mirroring, rotating, scaling, combining
Invisible Secure
Smart Secure
Thread-up Command
Programmable jump stitch cutting
Midi hoop functionality (embroidery field: 265×165 mm, 10.5"×6.5")
Mega hoop functionality (embroidery field: 400×150 mm, 15.7"×5.9")
Freearm embroidery
Personal memory for embroidery designs
WordArt
Color Resequence
Sequence control
Basting
Position recall
BERNINA ArtLink embroidery software (downloadable from bernina.com)
