New Style vs. Old Style A Guide to BERNINA Feet & What Machines They Fit

Let's talk a little about the presser feet. The foot design changed with the development of automatic needle threading capabilities on machines. In addition, the stitch width increased from 4.5mm (ie-930s) to 5.5mm (ie-440s), and then from 5.5mm to 9mm (ie- most Artistas) generation of feet. "Old Style" feet have white stickers with black numbers on the shank. "New Style" feet have white stickers with red numbers on the shank. (There's also a generation of really old feet which have the numbers engraved on the shank.)

"New Style" feet fit these machines... 

Activa (Late 90's) 

125

125S

130

135

135S

140

145

145S

210 (Early 2000) 

215

220 

230

230PE

240

Artista

165

170

180

185

200

730

Aurora

430

435

440QE

450

630

640

Virtuosa 

150

153

153QE

155

160

163 

3 Series—

330

350PE

350SE (Limited Editions) 

380

5 Series— 

530

550QE

560

560E

570QE 

580 

7 Series—

700

710

720

740

750QE

770QE

720

780

790

8 Series – 

820

830 (debut 2008) 

880 (2014) 

990

"Old Style" feet fit these machines: 

730

801 (70's-80's 4mm stitch width) 

811  

830

Nova 900 (80's 4mm stitch width) 

910 

930

931

932

933

940

950

1000

1001

1004

1005

1006

1008

1010

1011

1015

1020

1021

1030

1031

1050

1070

1080

1090

1091

1120 (Mid 80's through 90's) 

1130

1230

1240

1241

1260

1530

1630 (Late 1990's, first machine to have 9mm stitch width)