The Calico Cat - Bernina Aurora 440 QEE

The aurora 440 QEE marks the dawn of a bright new day in quilting with the BERNINA® Stitch Regulator (BSR), turning free-motion stitching into creative play! With a wealth of features quilters will love and beautiful BERNINA® embroidery, it will keep you quilting and embellishing for days to come.

Sewing Features

BERNINA® Stitch Regulator (BSR) - This patented* innovation 'sees' the fabric and regulates the length of your stitches, making free-motion stitching easy! (a BERNINA® exclusive!)
* patent pending

Beautiful Stitch Library - With 379 total stitches including 181 practical and decorative stitches, 3 alphabets and 7 buttonholes to choose from.

CB Hook System - For the best quality stitching available on all of your projects

Temporary Altered Stitch Memory - you change the length, width and needle position on all stitches while sewing and the aurora remembers your stitch alterations until the machine is turned off (a BERNINA® exclusive!)

Ergonomic - The intuitive control panel, bright LCD screen, 3 thread cutters, bright CFL light and Free Hand System make sewing easier and faster

Start/Stop Button - use it with BSR and quilt without the foot control!

Embroidery Features (included)

Editor Lite Software - View and edit designs on your own large PC screen, for faster processing and a more familiar format. Includes 5 alphabets and 65 designs (including 19 quilt designs).

Upgrade Editor Lite - (optional) Editor Lite Software can easily be upgraded to Editor, Auto-Designer or Designer Plus, expanding your embroidery possibilities.

Rescaling of Embroidery Designs - the software adds or subtracts stitches as needed when the size of the design is changed so your design is perfect at any size (a BERNINA® exclusive!).

Embroidery Control on your PC (EC on PC) – This innovative link between your personal computer and the aurora embroidery machine lets you control the embroidery process from the full color screen of your PC and send it to the aurora for stitching. And you can continue to use your computer while the aurora is stitching!

For questions about any of our sewing machines, please call 1-800-908-0885 or send an email to machines@thecalicocat.com and talk to one of our helpful sales people.