rryder

Hey Watson, I tried just about all the sit down mid and long arms over the last couple of years. I was not thrilled with the Tin Lizzie or the Janome that was made by Tin Lizzie- can’t remember what exactly it was that I didn’t like.

Otherwise, I thought all the others had something good to recommend them. I would have been quite happy with the Juki, Innova, Bernina, Sweet Sixteen, Tiara, etc sit downs. But even at show prices just couldn’t afford them.

I ended up buying a used Sweet Sixteen that had barely been used, (just a little over 600,000 stitches on it). It came with the bobbin winder, horizontal thread holder and also a bunch of upgrades incluing the couching foot set, the echo foot set, the glide foot, electronic tension adjustment, extra bobbbin case and a gazillion bobbins and needles and also the two table extensions and the table overlay. I paid $3700. Found it on Ebay and was able to avoid shipping costs since it was in driving distance.

I have not had any trouble with it. The instruction manual that came with it is very good and Handiquilter has tons of helpful videos up on Youtube. It took me a little over a year of searching ebay, craigks list and facebook marketplace before this machne showed up in my price range, but for me, it was well worth the wait.

Rob