Originally Posted by vintagemotif
Yes, the machine on the left is a 201 in a treadle and the one on the right is the 15-90 in a treadle. I do not own any electric machines. My daughter owns a Janome T-30 that I use to finish off my bindings with a cute decorative stitch ( I dislike hand sewing). And, no I do not own a FW. I can't seeing paying that much money for one; plus, I don't need a machine to take to classes since I don't attend any classes. But if I did attend classes, the machine would be the 301 because of the larger harp space. I just love the comfort and control of the treadle over an electric while piecing and quilting.
Wow, I admire you having the control with the treadle! I am getting better. Actually, I did a pretty good job on the Halloween cheater panel with treadling, but I am still not that good at having really nice stitiches . . . . . but, I was free motion quilting afterall! I am waiting for my hand crank from Billy (I found while doing the Halloween quilt that there were times I needed the hand crank), then maybe I will feel more confident. I really like to treadle, I am just afraid my quilt blocks will be a mess until I get good at the treadle. I have seen the quilts you do and they are beautiful! I have also done some stunning queen and king sized quilts with modern machines, but not on a treadle -- quilts are so time consuming and expensive to make that I am afraid to do them on the treadle! I took a class last weekend on doing a reversible quilt-as-you-go for your unfinished Blocks of the Month and the whole day I was in that class I kept thinking how cool this technique would be to use on the treadle! I am going to use the treadle to do those blocks!
Nancy