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Posted by Sally Swindells on July 15, 2009, 9:42 am
Mine is the same as Pat's, and the other thing I really missed when I
had to use my backup machine when mine was serviced was the ability to
chose to stop with the needle down - wonderful for pivoting or just
stopping mid seam. It means the fabric stays steady.
Sally at the Seaside~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~uk
http://community.webshots.com/user/sallyswin
Patti wrote:
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> Whatever you do, wherever you go, carry with you a list of what *you*
> want the machine to do for you. The ones you look at may have loads of
> other things that they can do; but, if they don't do even one of the
> things on your list, they are no good to you.
>
> I moved from mechanical to computerised, but not a terribly fancy one,
> and I don't use all I could! But, I love it.
>
> If you are going to quilt, then I would say you really a machine that
> will let you lower the feed dogs (you can do free-motion quilting with
> the feed dogs up, or with them covered, so there are alternatives - if
> all else is better). Of all the things that I have on my machine, the
> most useful and invaluable to me things are:
> the larger than usual harp space - it is only 9", but those couple of
> inches make a huge difference;
> the fact that I can move the needle from left to right so that I can
> place it in exactly the right position for what I am doing - centre for
> best visibility, to the right for an accurate seam and so on..
>
> If you local dealer seems knowledgeable, you could go with either of the
> brands he sells.
>
> You really must test whichever one you think you like. Some people
> adore a make, and others dislike it. There is no way of know until you
> try it. I always remember that I loved a model of car once and went for
> a test drive, only to find that the angle I had to keep my foot on the
> throttle was so high that I couldn't last more than half an hour - and
> I'm very tall! Take something with you as a trial piece - don't just
> work on the piece of fabric they will have there ready with the machine.
>
> Don't throw your old machine away, or sell it on, you will need a back up.
> .
>> My only machine has been a Singer that is 50+ years old. HELP!! I have
>> tried to do research and am totally lost. I don't know what features are
>> important, what questions to ask nor do I understand most of the machine
>> terminology. I am a beginner/intermediate sewer even though I have been
>> sewing for over 40 years. I sew a project for 10 hours a day for several
>> days and then don't sew again for months. So I need a machine that is
>> easy
>> to use and not difficult to relearn every time I do a project or make a
>> clothing repair. I want to do quilting and am more a craftsperson than a
>> seamstress. (I am not really interested in doing embroidery.) I am
>> willing
>> to pay up to about $1500 and a heavy machine is okay. I have been looking
>> at the Brother and Janome machines since there is a dealer here in
>> town. I
>> also work with silky fabrics all the way to rolled denim. I want to get a
>> machine that I won't need to replace when I retire and can do more sewing
>> (especially when it comes to making quilts). Any help would be GREATLY
>> APPRECIATED!!!
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Posted by Kate in MI on July 14, 2009, 10:46 pm
I have a Pfaff 2030 which is a workhorse! It's about 10 years old but it's
been wonderful. I also have a 7570 Pfaff -- which is also a great machine.
The newer Pfaffs don't seem to be holding the reputation that the older ones
have. (the new ones aren't being made in Germany any more)
I have about 5 or 6 friends with a Janome 6600 -- every single one of them
praises it beyond any machine I've ever heard of. Thread cutter, low bobbin
indicator, knee lift -- lots of featuers that quilters love. Makes me
consider buying one (like I need a 4th machine!)
What kind of sewing do you do? quilting only? clothing? home dec? the
type of work you do may dictate the features you want.
--
Kate in MI
http://community.webshots.com/user/K_Groves
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> My only machine has been a Singer that is 50+ years old. HELP!! I have
> tried to do research and am totally lost. I don't know what features are
> important, what questions to ask nor do I understand most of the machine
> terminology. I am a beginner/intermediate sewer even though I have been
> sewing for over 40 years. I sew a project for 10 hours a day for several
> days and then don't sew again for months. So I need a machine that is easy
> to use and not difficult to relearn every time I do a project or make a
> clothing repair. I want to do quilting and am more a craftsperson than a
> seamstress. (I am not really interested in doing embroidery.) I am willing
> to pay up to about $1500 and a heavy machine is okay. I have been looking
> at the Brother and Janome machines since there is a dealer here in town. I
> also work with silky fabrics all the way to rolled denim. I want to get a
> machine that I won't need to replace when I retire and can do more sewing
> (especially when it comes to making quilts). Any help would be GREATLY
> APPRECIATED!!!
> -------------------------------------
> ##-----------------------------------------------##
> Delivered via http://www.sewgirls.com/
> Sewing Community of the Net
> Web and RSS access to your favorite newsgroup -
> rec.crafts.textiles.quilting - 130053 messages and counting!
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Posted by Leslie& The Furbabies in MO. on July 15, 2009, 10:05 pm
I'm one of the very, VERY happy owners of a Janome 6600. It seems to be The
Machine built with quilters in mind and having every option and feature we
could possibly need. But it does a great job on clothing construction,
mending and draperies, etc., too. And it handles every type of thread and
combination of threads that I throw at it with hardly ever needing any
tension adjustments- a biggie for me!
It will take a really amazing machine from Janome to make me trade this one-
and I usually trade machines every 3 years. My only 'local' dealer is
Janome (they are wonderful for all my needs in sewing!) and that keeps me
always looking at their machines. But after using Janomes for about 20
years, I have absolutely no desire to look at other makes! I have a 1950
Singer 15-91 and an old 1920s Singer treadle- I love both Singers but use
the Janome 6600 almost exclusively- oh! and I have a Janome Jem Gold for a
back-up machine and portability, too.
Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.
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>I have a Pfaff 2030 which is a workhorse! It's about 10 years old but it's
>been wonderful. I also have a 7570 Pfaff -- which is also a great machine.
>The newer Pfaffs don't seem to be holding the reputation that the older
>ones have. (the new ones aren't being made in Germany any more)
> I have about 5 or 6 friends with a Janome 6600 -- every single one of them
> praises it beyond any machine I've ever heard of. Thread cutter, low
> bobbin indicator, knee lift -- lots of featuers that quilters love. Makes
> me consider buying one (like I need a 4th machine!)
> What kind of sewing do you do? quilting only? clothing? home dec? the
> type of work you do may dictate the features you want.
> --
> Kate in MI
> http://community.webshots.com/user/K_Groves
>> My only machine has been a Singer that is 50+ years old. HELP!! I have
>> tried to do research and am totally lost. I don't know what features are
>> important, what questions to ask nor do I understand most of the machine
>> terminology. I am a beginner/intermediate sewer even though I have been
>> sewing for over 40 years. I sew a project for 10 hours a day for several
>> days and then don't sew again for months. So I need a machine that is
>> easy
>> to use and not difficult to relearn every time I do a project or make a
>> clothing repair. I want to do quilting and am more a craftsperson than a
>> seamstress. (I am not really interested in doing embroidery.) I am
>> willing
>> to pay up to about $1500 and a heavy machine is okay. I have been looking
>> at the Brother and Janome machines since there is a dealer here in town.
>> I
>> also work with silky fabrics all the way to rolled denim. I want to get a
>> machine that I won't need to replace when I retire and can do more sewing
>> (especially when it comes to making quilts). Any help would be GREATLY
>> APPRECIATED!!!
>> -------------------------------------
>> ##-----------------------------------------------##
>> Delivered via http://www.sewgirls.com/
>> Sewing Community of the Net
>> Web and RSS access to your favorite newsgroup -
>> rec.crafts.textiles.quilting - 130053 messages and counting!
>> ##-----------------------------------------------##
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Posted by Roberta on July 15, 2009, 9:14 am
This is a stupid question, but why don't you like your Singer? Old
Singers (pre-1960's) are the greatest machines. If you just want great
sewing with no bells and whistles, why change?
Having said that, though, I totally understand the lust for a machine
that does fancy zigzags and alphabets and teensy hearts and and
and....
Roberta in D
On 14 Jul 2009 20:02:56 GMT, gardenmom1958_at_yahoo_dot_com@foo.com
(gardenmom) wrote:
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>My only machine has been a Singer that is 50+ years old. HELP!! I have
>tried to do research and am totally lost. I don't know what features are
>important, what questions to ask nor do I understand most of the machine
>terminology. I am a beginner/intermediate sewer even though I have been
>sewing for over 40 years. I sew a project for 10 hours a day for several
>days and then don't sew again for months. So I need a machine that is easy
>to use and not difficult to relearn every time I do a project or make a
>clothing repair. I want to do quilting and am more a craftsperson than a
>seamstress. (I am not really interested in doing embroidery.) I am willing
>to pay up to about $1500 and a heavy machine is okay. I have been looking
>at the Brother and Janome machines since there is a dealer here in town. I
>also work with silky fabrics all the way to rolled denim. I want to get a
>machine that I won't need to replace when I retire and can do more sewing
>(especially when it comes to making quilts). Any help would be GREATLY
>APPRECIATED!!!
>-------------------------------------
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>Web and RSS access to your favorite newsgroup -
>rec.crafts.textiles.quilting - 130053 messages and counting!
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Posted by Taria on July 16, 2009, 11:51 pm
I dropped my J. 6600 in for servicing today. Mechanic on vacation so it
will take over 2 weeks to get it back. Gosh, wish that they would have
mentioned that when I called and asked how long their turn around was this
morning. (I was told a week) I got to nosing around at the new machines
while there. That Fancy-schmancy Bernina kind of made me laugh. I
suggested to the sales gal that at some point you might as well just pay
people a lot of money for a quilt. Kind of ridiculous. I think without the
embroidery module is was around $7500. They are nuts. I did ask about the
TOL Bernina these days. A model 1008 at around $800. Great looking machine,
good price and should be pretty dependable. I know John is like me and
doesn't get along with computer sewing machines. Are we alone on that or
are there others that feel that way?
Taria
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> My only machine has been a Singer that is 50+ years old. HELP!! I have
> tried to do research and am totally lost. I don't know what features are
> important, what questions to ask nor do I understand most of the machine
> terminology. I am a beginner/intermediate sewer even though I have been
> sewing for over 40 years. I sew a project for 10 hours a day for several
> days and then don't sew again for months. So I need a machine that is easy
> to use and not difficult to relearn every time I do a project or make a
> clothing repair. I want to do quilting and am more a craftsperson than a
> seamstress. (I am not really interested in doing embroidery.) I am willing
> to pay up to about $1500 and a heavy machine is okay. I have been looking
> at the Brother and Janome machines since there is a dealer here in town. I
> also work with silky fabrics all the way to rolled denim. I want to get a
> machine that I won't need to replace when I retire and can do more sewing
> (especially when it comes to making quilts). Any help would be GREATLY
> APPRECIATED!!!
> -------------------------------------
> ##-----------------------------------------------##
> Delivered via http://www.sewgirls.com/
> Sewing Community of the Net
> Web and RSS access to your favorite newsgroup -
> rec.crafts.textiles.quilting - 130053 messages and counting!
> ##-----------------------------------------------##
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> want the machine to do for you. The ones you look at may have loads of
> other things that they can do; but, if they don't do even one of the
> things on your list, they are no good to you.
>
> I moved from mechanical to computerised, but not a terribly fancy one,
> and I don't use all I could! But, I love it.
>
> If you are going to quilt, then I would say you really a machine that
> will let you lower the feed dogs (you can do free-motion quilting with
> the feed dogs up, or with them covered, so there are alternatives - if
> all else is better). Of all the things that I have on my machine, the
> most useful and invaluable to me things are:
> the larger than usual harp space - it is only 9", but those couple of
> inches make a huge difference;
> the fact that I can move the needle from left to right so that I can
> place it in exactly the right position for what I am doing - centre for
> best visibility, to the right for an accurate seam and so on..
>
> If you local dealer seems knowledgeable, you could go with either of the
> brands he sells.
>
> You really must test whichever one you think you like. Some people
> adore a make, and others dislike it. There is no way of know until you
> try it. I always remember that I loved a model of car once and went for
> a test drive, only to find that the angle I had to keep my foot on the
> throttle was so high that I couldn't last more than half an hour - and
> I'm very tall! Take something with you as a trial piece - don't just
> work on the piece of fabric they will have there ready with the machine.
>
> Don't throw your old machine away, or sell it on, you will need a back up.
> .
>> My only machine has been a Singer that is 50+ years old. HELP!! I have
>> tried to do research and am totally lost. I don't know what features are
>> important, what questions to ask nor do I understand most of the machine
>> terminology. I am a beginner/intermediate sewer even though I have been
>> sewing for over 40 years. I sew a project for 10 hours a day for several
>> days and then don't sew again for months. So I need a machine that is
>> easy
>> to use and not difficult to relearn every time I do a project or make a
>> clothing repair. I want to do quilting and am more a craftsperson than a
>> seamstress. (I am not really interested in doing embroidery.) I am
>> willing
>> to pay up to about $1500 and a heavy machine is okay. I have been looking
>> at the Brother and Janome machines since there is a dealer here in
>> town. I
>> also work with silky fabrics all the way to rolled denim. I want to get a
>> machine that I won't need to replace when I retire and can do more sewing
>> (especially when it comes to making quilts). Any help would be GREATLY
>> APPRECIATED!!!
>> -------------------------------------
>> ##-----------------------------------------------##
>> Delivered via http://www.sewgirls.com/
>> Sewing Community of the Net
>> Web and RSS access to your favorite newsgroup -
>> rec.crafts.textiles.quilting - 130053 messages and counting!
>> ##-----------------------------------------------##
>