Originally Posted by
SuziSew
Welcome speckledhen from Northern Indiana! You should try doing a search for the machines you are looking for as it is a frequent topic. This is a wonderful site with wonderful people. You're quilt is stunning!
Oh, thank you! I have been doing research on the board prior to joining and I have seen the many discussions regarding the machines I'm considering. Real world testing sure beats a manufacturer's blurb every time, doesn't it?
@SuziSew, I have a friend in Indiana who used to live here, can't recall the town off hand. I gave her a hand quilted baby quilt for her son when he was born. We shared an interest in chickens and that's how we met. Chickens and quilts are my two passions (other than my husband, of course).
The quilt in my avatar was made for my friend Ellie in California, what we call her winter quilt. She also has a mock watercolor quilt for her spring quilt, the only person on the planet who owns two hand quilted bed quilts made by me (hand quilting makes it a slow process to make a bed quilt, as you know, so not many I make are actual bed quilts). She's hinting for a fall quilt as well, LOL. She's very special so one of these days, she may get one, but it will be machine quilted, if I ever manage to learn that!