Bernina 480 Sewing Machine

Highly sophisticated. Brilliantly simple. Like Yvonne’s beautiful designs, her B 480 expertly combines simple, easy-to-use features with innovative technology, ensuring that her stitches are impeccable on everything from leather to delicate fabrics. Her machine exceeds her expectations. You can expect the same.





Key features:



Automatic features save time

• Automatic thread cutting


• Press a button, thread is cut


• Save time for the most creativity

Adjustable Presser Foot Pressure

• Thin fabrics? Increase pressure


• Thick materials? Reduce pressure


• Sew a variety of materials with ease

Big ideas need more space

• More room for all kinds of projects


• Slide-on extension table included


• Spacious and hassle free

Easy to navigate touch screen

• Modern colour touch screen


• Easy to use with simple navigation


• On-screen support when needed

Hands free and in control

• Hands-free sewing with the knee lifter


• Your hands guide the fabric anytime


• Simultaneously raises/lowers presser foot and feed dog

Perfect stitches perfectly easy

• Sew perfect stitches with 9 mm stitch width


• Jumbo bobbin means fewer stops


• Convenient, Front-load bobbin

• Hook system: BERNINA Hook


• Maximum sewing speed (stitches per minute): 900


• Sewing space to the right of the needle: 7” / 177,7 mm


• Colour touch screen: 4.3” / 10 cm


• Maximum stitch width: 9


• Adjustable presser foot pressure


• Start/stop button (stitching without foot control)


• Sewing tutorial

Sewing and quilting:

• Pattern start/end function


• Elongation


• Automatic securing function


• Pattern repeat (up to 9)


• Pattern mirroring


• Free Hand System (FHS)


• Number of stitch patterns (incl. alphabet) total 994


• Utility stitches total 29


• Buttonholes (incl. eyelet) total 11


• Automatic buttonhole length measuring system


• Automatic buttonhole


• Manual multi-step buttonhole


• Button sew-on program


• Darning programs 2


• Decorative stitches total 250


• Quilting stitches total 27


• Cross-stitch programs 21


• Sewing alphabets 5


• Reverse sewing

Want to go where your creativity takes you without being limited? This machine lets you make all the creative decisions.

Like choosing the stitch length and width or deciding the needle position. If you want the needle down when it stops, you got it. And all that control is conveniently located at your fingertips on the large, intuitive touch screen.

Automatic features save time

No more manual threading

Save time for more creativity

Threads are cut automatically, or if you prefer, magically. Even the needle lifts leaving your hands free to keep on creating.

Keep your hands on the fabric

Hands-free sewing is reality

Hands are free to guide the fabric

Simultaneously raises/lowers presser foot and feed dog

The BERNINA Free Hand System lets you lift or lower the presser foot using only the knee lifter, allowing hands to guide your projects to bigger and better things.

Nice, easy perfect stitches

Sew perfect stitches with 9mm stitch width

Sew even longer with the jumbo bobbin

Conveniently, front-load bobbin

Perfect precision is achieved with each stitch thanks to the BERNINA Hook. Plus, projects are done faster with speeds up to 900 stitches per minute.

Adjustable Presser Foot Pressure

Sew any material perfectly with ease

Increase pressure for thin materials

Reduce pressure for thick materials

Individual adjustment is easy to make, ensuring the ideal pressure is achieved for any and all materials no matter how thick or delicate.

Easy to navigate touch screen

Modern color touch screen

Easy to use with simple navigation

On-screen support when needed

Always ready to be of assistance, the Sewing Consultant helps find the right settings. And suggested tips are easily made with the multi-function knobs