Originally Posted by
Rose Marie
I have a Baby Lock Jane on a frame and it is mostly just sitting there taking up too much room.
The space to quilt on is so small that even a lap quilt is too big.
My table is an Imperial with very large rods that take up way to much room on my 9 inch throat.
The strait stitch machine has a complicated threading and a under the machine bobbin so have to move the machine to the far end of the table to change the bobbin and to rethread.
I do have a stitch regulator which costs $500 but it is wonderful.
Tried to do pantos but needle kept getting caught on edge of quilt since you cannot see the edge from behind the machine.
From the front of the machine quilting is much better but need to do free motion or marking a quilt pattern.
I had the same problem, getting caught in the quilt top. I knew not to quilt past the edge. So I bought one of those clear foldable cutting boards ($store/2pkg.). Put plain printer paper atop my panto a few stitches where I needed to stop, covered paper with cutting board, so it stays put. Now I easily know where to stop.