Description
A 16-inch longarm workspace with a frame package to match
Pair the 16-inch BERNINA Q16 with the 10-foot Studio Frame in the Canadian configured package offered here. This longarm setup gives you a dedicated quilting workspace, with stitch regulation and digitally adjustable thread tension to support free-motion quilting. Select this frame package when you want the machine and frame together.
Images are representative. Machine, frame and accessories shown may differ from the selected package. Use the Package selection and equipment details below to confirm what is included.
Available machine-and-frame packages
- Studio Frame 10 ft
Regulated stitches while you guide the quilt
The integrated BERNINA Longarm Stitch Regulator helps maintain stitch length as the machine or fabric moves. Three regulated modes and a manual mode let you choose the response for the quilting technique. Adjust settings on the touchscreen rather than through an external tension assembly. Digitally adjustable thread tension provides a numerical setting that is easy to revisit when changing threads or projects.
Controls and threading within reach
The colour touchscreen includes built-in maintenance tutorials, a stitch counter and five user profiles. The forward threading path and accessible spool holders simplify setup, while the on-board bobbin winder lets you wind bobbins at the machine. Electronic presser-foot lifting and a front handwheel support needle positioning and fabric handling. Fifty LEDs illuminate the free arm and needle area.
Choose space for the whole setup
The Studio Frame uses a modular construction, combining a five-foot base and five-foot extension into the ten-foot frame configuration listed here. Plan for the assembled footprint and additional room to work around the quilt. This listing is the Canadian Q16 frame package; Q16 PLUS packages and existing sit-down configurations are separate selections.
Machine specifications
| Model | BERNINA Q16 |
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| Nominal throat space | 16-inch |
| Manufacturer throat-space specification | 420 mm |
| Maximum sewing speed | 2,000 stitches per minute |
| Hook and bobbins | M Class rotary hook and M Class bobbins |
| Thread tension | Electronically/digitally adjustable |
| Lighting | 50 LEDs |
| Stitch regulation | Integrated BERNINA Longarm Stitch Regulator |
Frame size and workspace
| Studio Frame 10 ft | Footprint 3.3 × 1.0 m; Approximately 2.6 m quilt width; 0.9–1.1 m adjustable height |
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Frame footprint is length × depth. Maximum quilt-width figures are approximate manufacturer guidance; allow additional room around the frame for access and fabric handling.
A hand-guided quilting package
This Q16 listing offers the Studio Frame 10 ft package for hand-guided quilting. Q-matic is not included in this package. For an explicitly automated package, see the Q16 PLUS, Q20 or Q24 selections that are marked + Q-matic.
Included equipment and optional additions
- The selected BERNINA machine and the frame named in Package.
- Q-series standard equipment includes Darning Foot #9, M Class bobbins and bobbin case, sewing-machine oil and silicone fluid.
- This package does not include Q-matic automation.
- Specialty quilting feet, rulers and other frame accessories are separate purchases unless expressly identified in the selected package.
Canadian configured machine-and-frame packages | BERNINA frame features and dimensions | Q-series model specifications