Old 03-27-2014, 12:31 PM
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KnitnutBZ
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Originally Posted by janRN View Post
I decided to purchase my Sweet 16 sitdown after finishing a large quilt and had aching shoulders for 2 weeks. I went to a demo and had an "aha! moment". Life is too short not to be able to use my arms for 2 weeks after each quilting session. My machine takes up no more room than a card table, altho I did add the extension table. I can quilt for hours on end and have no shoulder or neck pain. My quilting still looks like a kindergartner did it but I can say I did it myself. No buyers remorse or guilt over spending the money on myself ( I just lost my BFF to ovarian cancer and that drove home the point to enjoy life now.)

The 16 is so compact and easy to run. I had a frame and it was so confusing to load. I ended up sandwiching my quilts and using the frame to keep it taut which was better but still hard on the back and shoulders. Then someone said " life too short so I went for it. the sweet 16 sitdown is at least more affordable. LOVE IT,
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