Old 11-18-2013, 11:00 AM
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quiltingdoe
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A friend at our quilting group gave me her BabyLock Audrey because she didn't like it.
The Audry does have a lot of stitches. Note: many people have had tension problems. You need to be sure the thread comes down on the right side of the tension part.
I use it at quilting group; but a majority of our group have the Janome Jem Gold.
The Jem Gold is a mechanical machine. Some have had theirs for 12 years with no problems.
I teach sewing for an afterschool program for 9 year olds to adults. We have purchased 30 Janome Jem Golds over the past 3 years from Amazon for $199 with free shipping. The kids/adults love them as they are easy to use. The only drawback is not a lot of "fancy" stitches. We have other donated machines which we can use for that.
If I were buying a machine to haul around, I'd get the Janome Jem Gold.
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