Originally Posted by butterflywing
i have the hinterberg wood frame (i love the way it looks) and it's as low as it gets. i'm only 5'2", so there's a lot of reaching for me. i don't quilt for anyone but me, so i don't need more than what i have, although he offered me a good trade-in if i wanted it.
we're retired and we travel some, so we aren't always home for me to concentrate on quilting.
for mother's day i asked for some groovy boards, baptist's fans, and we'll see where that goes. i'm not crazy about the pantos, because i can't see what's going on (because i'm vertically challenged).
have you tried the open toe foot? and have you seen the Brower's Lifts?
I do not have groovy boards and I do not like using laser light with Pantos. I'm sure I wou;d get better at it with practice but I just do not feel right standing behind the machine. I like to be in front. My husband found me a good clamp that had a hole in the end of it so we screwed the laser light on it and put the clamp over the top fo the machine. Figured I could use the laser to follow some designs for blocks if I wanted. I have been too busy quilting for others and haven't had time to practice with that yet. I will be able to stand in front of my machien with that set up. I do not have the open toed foot and I do not know what the Brower's lifts are. What are they? Oh I GOT MY MACHIEN FIXED AND IT NO LONGER RACES!!!! I haved as wonderful Dealer who's husband is a Certified Tech for Tin Lizzie and Gammil and he called me back tonight and talked me through how to run some diagnostic tests on my machine and get it re-set and then it worked for the Needle Up problem (it wasn't always going up like it was supposed to) --but it still Raced. Then he had me take the back cover off where the wheel is (with the belt) and he had me clean everything there with a brush--around teh wheel and especially around the green control board by it--because there is a sensor there and it needs to be really clean. I did that and then quilted for 2 hours after taht and it did NOT race once. I almost hated to shut it down for the night. Hope it all works well again tomorrow.