Originally Posted by
Belfrybat
I have the PQ 1500s and love it. I use either a size 14 or 16 for quilting and size 12 for piecing. The pin feed foot that comes with the machine works perfectly for me for straight line sewing and quilting. I do sometimes have to adjust the feed dog position depending on the depth of the batting. That is about the only setting I have to mess with, as for some nice reason, the tension works perfectly for either piecing or quilting at #4.
For FMQ, besides dropping the feed dogs, I set the tension to #3.
One thing to remember is this machine gets very thirsty very fast. I have to oil it twice as often as any other mechanical machine I've owned. But it really purrs after I "feed" it.
Yes....I have noticed that about the PQ1500...it needs oil often. I can always tell when it's 'thirsty'. It has a slightly different sound. The PQ1500 runs so quietly compared to the few other machines I've had.