Bernette and Bernina belong to the same company, the Bernina Textile Group. But the Bernette brand is a subsidiary of the Bernina brand, a known premier brand for global sewing, embroidery, and quilting sewing machines. The brand has been in existence for over 125 years. Bernette is a relatively new brand that emerged in the late 1980s. It was created to provide a more affordable line of sewing machines with the Swiss quality of the Bernina brand. The Bernette brand, especially its primary domestic sewing machines, does not have the sewing speed of a Bernina. It is more beginner and budget-friendly than a Bernina but has the same reliable quality. For professional sewists who do serious sewing jobs, a Bernina might have multiple and more advanced features that most sewing projects require.