Hello!!!
08-05-2016, 06:20 AM
#17
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Mississippi
Posts: 25,992
Welcome McG! I have a Juki 2010Q machine that I bought a couple of years ago for quilting. I love it ... it's a great quilter. No zig zag and not computerized, all mechanical and metal housing rather than plastic. They are selling for about $1000. I can do any kind of quilting on it. Has built in thread cutter, needle down positioning, walking foot, and most importantly, a large 'throat' space for the bulk of your quilts. Plenty of room. I bought mine from Ed Reichert in AZ. He ships free.
Before the Juki I used my Bernina Record 830... still great and I still use it.
Before the Juki I used my Bernina Record 830... still great and I still use it.
08-05-2016, 06:38 AM
#18
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Eastern Washington
Posts: 29,519
Hello, and welcome! Sew glad to have you join in! 
Hope you find a machine (or two) 
that you enjoy! For a mechanical machine, maybe consider an older Singer? A 301A can sew a great stitch, and is a workhorse. And you can service it yourself!
Hope you find a machine (or two) that you enjoy! For a mechanical machine, maybe consider an older Singer? A 301A can sew a great stitch, and is a workhorse. And you can service it yourself!
08-05-2016, 07:52 AM
#19
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Join Date: Jul 2016
Posts: 125
Thanks for the machine ideas, sewbizgirl and Mariposa! Never even thought about a Singer, but now I will look at them too. And sewbizgirl, I've read about the Juki 2010 a little. Very much like everything about it, except no top-loading bobbin and straight-stitch only. Truth be told, I bet neither one of those features is really a huge deal. It's just that the visible top-loaded bobbin on my Magnolia is such a pleasure -- I'm comparing it to whatever thrashed classroom machines were used in my 7th grade Home Ec class (I'm old enough to have lived through the time when every girl was forced to take that class!); they were constantly snarling and nesting and generally making life unpleasant. Hence my lifelong disinterest in sewing, until now! Does the Juki 2010 thread/bobbin easily? Does it have a control that lets you see without using the foot pedal?
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