If you had to do it over again - would you?
Has it been reliable?
Has it been picky about threads?
Have you had it in for repairs and/or adjustments more than a couple of times?
Would you still keep back-up machines?
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If you had to do it over again - would you?
Has it been reliable?
Has it been picky about threads?
Have you had it in for repairs and/or adjustments more than a couple of times?
Would you still keep back-up machines?
Janome 12000.
No I wouldn't do it.
Doesn't do what it was advertised to to as far as quilting with the embroidery module.
Too much money. Wouldn't get an embroidery machine again. But sort of stuck with it now.
Haven't had it in, but probably should. No dealer close by.
It hasn't broken down, but it isn't a great machine. Doesn't sew a very nice line of stitching. Sort of wobbly looking.
Nothing intuitive about it. The manual is awful.
Janome 12000
Yes absolutely I would.
Quality of the embroidery is excellent. I have used it for quilting and I found it relatively easy though My preference is free motion. I'm not the most experienced of sewers but I find this a great machine, quite intuitive with lovely stitching. Only down side is not being able to sew while its embroidering but great for anyone with limited space.
What kind of quilting have you done with the embroidery module? Maybe I'm missing out on something. I do a lot of donation quilts and was looking for that overall meander to be much more open. It is way too dense. I agree it does beautiful embroidery work and some really nice patterns you can quilt blocks with.Originally Posted by Sheilz
I do find the stitch seams to be a little wiggly. Is that true with yours?
I never use it as an embroidery machine. I haven't found anything I wanted to embroider a design on. Towels? Nah.
I use the Speedy Baby II pattern with a 16 1/2" square center. This allows me to personalize it with an embroidery design and lettering.
I make wedding banner quilts, baby quilts, Army Chaplain theme, and recently for SJS patients. I love this 45" pattern.
"Not everything that comes into your head should come out your mouth!"
I did these on the 12000.
I totally understand the dense meander pattern issue. Unfortunately it is the way it is. There is no less dense meander pattern on the 12000 or the 15000 or even the 11000 for that matter. I bought the 11000 thinking the same thing, way too dense and it took forever to do. Made the quilt really heavy with thread. I traded it in for the 15000 and quite frankly I wish I had the 11000 back. Got the 7700 for everyday stitching, no problems with that machine other than when it first came out and they had to revise the F2 foot and gave everyone a free one.
Laura
Oh my gosh. I did the exact same thing. I thought I'd be able to quilt a quilt using the embroider module on the 12000. The salesperson wasn't upfront about it. So I too ended up with a machine that doesn't do what I expected. I don't embroider. So the extra expense was a total waste. I wish I'd just bought a really good pieceing machine.
I doubt I'd buy another Janome.
SVAL
I use use the foot which has a wee edge on it (can't remember the letter on it) and it ensures a perfectly straight seam. Have you tried embroidery yet? One of the things I do for creating fairly unique embroidery/quilting designs is to download a clear black and white image and get the software to translate it into an embroidery design. This works really well though doesn't work with numbers and letters if looking for a perfect mirror image on the reverse of a quilt.
You can free motion quilt with this machine. I just bought one 2nd hand....haven't even used it much yet, just some straight stitching, but I did try fmq, and the stitches were nice. I'm on a learning curve with it because I used to have a Bernina.
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