Bernette B05 Academy Sewing Machine
Original price was: £399.00.£349.00Current price is: £349.00.
Small and strong, which is a rare combination. A compact Bernette that handles more than its size suggests.
- Free UK delivery
- Official dealer, full manufacturer warranty
30 built in stitches
1,100 stitches a minute
Extension table included
Free UK Delivery
On all machines
Official Dealer
Approved by Brother, Janome, Bernina and more
Full in house servicing available
By our own engineers in King's Lynn
A first machine that does not feel like a first machine
Most machines at this price are made to a budget and it shows the moment you sew anything heavier than cotton. The B05 Academy is built the way Bernina build things, with a stainless steel bed plate rather than plastic and a motor with real pull behind it. Your fabric glides over the plate instead of dragging, and the machine stays put on the table rather than walking about when you get up to speed.
It is mechanical, which some people read as basic. It is not. It means dials instead of a screen, nothing to go wrong electronically, and a machine that will still be sewing in twenty years. Plenty of our customers who own computerised machines keep one of these as a second machine for exactly that reason.
The Academy bundle is the point
This is where the Academy earns its name. You get twelve presser feet rather than the six that come with the standard version, including zigzag, buttonhole, zipper, invisible zipper, blind stitch and overlock. Buying those separately would cost you a fair chunk of the machine’s price.
You also get the large slide on extension table with guide lines marked on it, which gives you 165mm of supported surface to the right of the needle. For quilting that is the difference between fighting your project and enjoying it, and for dressmaking it means long seams stay flat instead of dropping off the edge of the bed.
30 stitches, chosen rather than padded out
Thirty stitches sounds modest next to machines advertising hundreds, but these are the thirty you use: utility stitches for construction, stretch stitches for jersey, blanket stitch, a super stretch stitch, and a handful of decorative options. You select them straight from the dial, no menus.
The one step automatic buttonhole is the headline. You drop your button into the foot, the machine measures it and sews the buttonhole to match, and every buttonhole on the garment comes out the same. Maximum stitch width is 6mm and maximum length is 4mm, and you can adjust the density on the buttonholes and stretch stitches to suit your fabric.
Free motion ready
The feed dog drops, so you can take over and move the fabric yourself for free motion quilting and thread painting. Combined with the extension table, that makes this a very capable little quilting machine for the money, which is not something you can say about most mechanical machines at this level.
The everyday things
- Adjustable presser foot pressure, so fine jersey feeds without stretching and canvas feeds without stalling
- Two LED lights over the work area, bright and cool
- Half speed limiter, dropping the machine from 1100 stitches per minute to 650, which is a real help when you are learning or working somewhere fiddly
- Drop in bobbin, quick to load and visible through the cover
- Free arm once you slide the bed plate off, for cuffs, sleeves and trouser hems
- Finger guard fitted, worth knowing if the machine is for a younger sewer
Specification
| Feature | Detail |
|---|---|
| Machine type | Mechanical |
| Stitches | 30, direct selection |
| Buttonhole | One step automatic |
| Maximum stitch width | 6mm |
| Maximum stitch length | 4mm |
| Stitch density | Adjustable on buttonholes and stretch stitches |
| Maximum sewing speed | 1100 stitches per minute |
| Half speed | 650 stitches per minute |
| Bed plate | Stainless steel |
| Hook system | Drop in |
| Feed dog | Drops for free motion work |
| Presser foot pressure | Adjustable |
| Sewing light | Two LEDs |
| Free arm | Yes, with bed plate removed |
| Sewing space right of needle | 165mm with extension table fitted |
| Needle system | 130/705 H |
What’s included
- Twelve presser feet, including zigzag, buttonhole, zipper, invisible zipper, blind stitch and overlock
- Large slide on quilting and sewing extension table with guide lines
- Needle set 130/705 H
- Bobbins
- Finger guard
- Seam ripper and brush
- Right seam guide
- Height compensation tool
- Screwdriver
- Spool pins, holders and felt discs
- Spool net
- Oiler
- Instruction manual
Description
A first machine that does not feel like a first machine
Most machines at this price are made to a budget and it shows the moment you sew anything heavier than cotton. The B05 Academy is built the way Bernina build things, with a stainless steel bed plate rather than plastic and a motor with real pull behind it. Your fabric glides over the plate instead of dragging, and the machine stays put on the table rather than walking about when you get up to speed.
It is mechanical, which some people read as basic. It is not. It means dials instead of a screen, nothing to go wrong electronically, and a machine that will still be sewing in twenty years. Plenty of our customers who own computerised machines keep one of these as a second machine for exactly that reason.
The Academy bundle is the point
This is where the Academy earns its name. You get twelve presser feet rather than the six that come with the standard version, including zigzag, buttonhole, zipper, invisible zipper, blind stitch and overlock. Buying those separately would cost you a fair chunk of the machine’s price.
You also get the large slide on extension table with guide lines marked on it, which gives you 165mm of supported surface to the right of the needle. For quilting that is the difference between fighting your project and enjoying it, and for dressmaking it means long seams stay flat instead of dropping off the edge of the bed.
30 stitches, chosen rather than padded out
Thirty stitches sounds modest next to machines advertising hundreds, but these are the thirty you use: utility stitches for construction, stretch stitches for jersey, blanket stitch, a super stretch stitch, and a handful of decorative options. You select them straight from the dial, no menus.
The one step automatic buttonhole is the headline. You drop your button into the foot, the machine measures it and sews the buttonhole to match, and every buttonhole on the garment comes out the same. Maximum stitch width is 6mm and maximum length is 4mm, and you can adjust the density on the buttonholes and stretch stitches to suit your fabric.
Free motion ready
The feed dog drops, so you can take over and move the fabric yourself for free motion quilting and thread painting. Combined with the extension table, that makes this a very capable little quilting machine for the money, which is not something you can say about most mechanical machines at this level.
The everyday things
- Adjustable presser foot pressure, so fine jersey feeds without stretching and canvas feeds without stalling
- Two LED lights over the work area, bright and cool
- Half speed limiter, dropping the machine from 1100 stitches per minute to 650, which is a real help when you are learning or working somewhere fiddly
- Drop in bobbin, quick to load and visible through the cover
- Free arm once you slide the bed plate off, for cuffs, sleeves and trouser hems
- Finger guard fitted, worth knowing if the machine is for a younger sewer
Specification
| Feature | Detail |
|---|---|
| Machine type | Mechanical |
| Stitches | 30, direct selection |
| Buttonhole | One step automatic |
| Maximum stitch width | 6mm |
| Maximum stitch length | 4mm |
| Stitch density | Adjustable on buttonholes and stretch stitches |
| Maximum sewing speed | 1100 stitches per minute |
| Half speed | 650 stitches per minute |
| Bed plate | Stainless steel |
| Hook system | Drop in |
| Feed dog | Drops for free motion work |
| Presser foot pressure | Adjustable |
| Sewing light | Two LEDs |
| Free arm | Yes, with bed plate removed |
| Sewing space right of needle | 165mm with extension table fitted |
| Needle system | 130/705 H |
What’s included
- Twelve presser feet, including zigzag, buttonhole, zipper, invisible zipper, blind stitch and overlock
- Large slide on quilting and sewing extension table with guide lines
- Needle set 130/705 H
- Bobbins
- Finger guard
- Seam ripper and brush
- Right seam guide
- Height compensation tool
- Screwdriver
- Spool pins, holders and felt discs
- Spool net
- Oiler
- Instruction manual
Why people buy from us
Price Match Promise
Advice from people who sew
Part exchange welcome
Family run for over 20 years
Questions we get asked
Delivery is free to mainland UK on every machine. How quickly it arrives depends on the brand and whether we have it in stock, so if you need it by a certain date, give us a ring on 01553 773362 and we’ll tell you honestly what to expect. If anything’s on back order, we’ll call you and let you know where you stand.
Ring us on 01553 773362 or reply to your order email. You’ll speak to someone who sews and knows the machine, not a call centre. We’re happy to talk you through threading, tension or anything else that’s puzzling you.
Yes. Tell us what you’ve got and we’ll give you a fair price for it against your new machine.
Every new machine comes with its full manufacturer warranty, and we’re an approved warranty agent. We service and repair in our own workshop in King’s Lynn, so you’re not sending it off to a stranger.
Yes. If you find the same machine cheaper elsewhere, let us know and we’ll do our best to match it.
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Description
A first machine that does not feel like a first machine
Most machines at this price are made to a budget and it shows the moment you sew anything heavier than cotton. The B05 Academy is built the way Bernina build things, with a stainless steel bed plate rather than plastic and a motor with real pull behind it. Your fabric glides over the plate instead of dragging, and the machine stays put on the table rather than walking about when you get up to speed.
It is mechanical, which some people read as basic. It is not. It means dials instead of a screen, nothing to go wrong electronically, and a machine that will still be sewing in twenty years. Plenty of our customers who own computerised machines keep one of these as a second machine for exactly that reason.
The Academy bundle is the point
This is where the Academy earns its name. You get twelve presser feet rather than the six that come with the standard version, including zigzag, buttonhole, zipper, invisible zipper, blind stitch and overlock. Buying those separately would cost you a fair chunk of the machine’s price.
You also get the large slide on extension table with guide lines marked on it, which gives you 165mm of supported surface to the right of the needle. For quilting that is the difference between fighting your project and enjoying it, and for dressmaking it means long seams stay flat instead of dropping off the edge of the bed.
30 stitches, chosen rather than padded out
Thirty stitches sounds modest next to machines advertising hundreds, but these are the thirty you use: utility stitches for construction, stretch stitches for jersey, blanket stitch, a super stretch stitch, and a handful of decorative options. You select them straight from the dial, no menus.
The one step automatic buttonhole is the headline. You drop your button into the foot, the machine measures it and sews the buttonhole to match, and every buttonhole on the garment comes out the same. Maximum stitch width is 6mm and maximum length is 4mm, and you can adjust the density on the buttonholes and stretch stitches to suit your fabric.
Free motion ready
The feed dog drops, so you can take over and move the fabric yourself for free motion quilting and thread painting. Combined with the extension table, that makes this a very capable little quilting machine for the money, which is not something you can say about most mechanical machines at this level.
The everyday things
- Adjustable presser foot pressure, so fine jersey feeds without stretching and canvas feeds without stalling
- Two LED lights over the work area, bright and cool
- Half speed limiter, dropping the machine from 1100 stitches per minute to 650, which is a real help when you are learning or working somewhere fiddly
- Drop in bobbin, quick to load and visible through the cover
- Free arm once you slide the bed plate off, for cuffs, sleeves and trouser hems
- Finger guard fitted, worth knowing if the machine is for a younger sewer
Specification
| Feature | Detail |
|---|---|
| Machine type | Mechanical |
| Stitches | 30, direct selection |
| Buttonhole | One step automatic |
| Maximum stitch width | 6mm |
| Maximum stitch length | 4mm |
| Stitch density | Adjustable on buttonholes and stretch stitches |
| Maximum sewing speed | 1100 stitches per minute |
| Half speed | 650 stitches per minute |
| Bed plate | Stainless steel |
| Hook system | Drop in |
| Feed dog | Drops for free motion work |
| Presser foot pressure | Adjustable |
| Sewing light | Two LEDs |
| Free arm | Yes, with bed plate removed |
| Sewing space right of needle | 165mm with extension table fitted |
| Needle system | 130/705 H |
What’s included
- Twelve presser feet, including zigzag, buttonhole, zipper, invisible zipper, blind stitch and overlock
- Large slide on quilting and sewing extension table with guide lines
- Needle set 130/705 H
- Bobbins
- Finger guard
- Seam ripper and brush
- Right seam guide
- Height compensation tool
- Screwdriver
- Spool pins, holders and felt discs
- Spool net
- Oiler
- Instruction manual
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