Originally Posted by MamaHen
Just looked at the Handi Quilter web site, the HQ 16 is still there, so maybe my info was incorrect.
I emailed HQ and they said, "At this time Handi Quilter continues to manufacture the HQ 16 SR Machine and frame system; which is a completely different machine than the HQ Sweet Sixteen Sit Down machine.
We have many thousands of customers with the HQ16 machine and we will always support those customers. We have not discontinued the HQ 16 Stitch regulated machine. Thank you for your inquiry."
So, phew, nothing to worry about there! I know the Sweet 16 doesn't do everything I want it to do. And I have no plans of using the 16 in its sit down mode, but rather on the frame.