Old 10-27-2021, 09:56 AM
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sewingpup
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I would look at the Janome 1600P-QC This is probably almost the same as the Viking Megaquilter and Pfaff Hobbyquilter which I don't think are made anymore. These machines were all I believe made by Janome but rebranded. This machine has about 9 inches to the right of the needle. It only does a straight stitch but does it very well and the speed is up to 1600 stitches a minute which is well above what a DSM normally does. I had a megaquilter and had it set up on frame but yep...the neck is a bit short for a frame. A fair number of folks said they used it to free motion quilt as a sit down and really loved the way it worked. I opted for the upsizing to a long arm with a 26 inch neck. If you are planning on quilting a lot of your own stuff....I would recommend getting a dedicated straight stitch machine instead of trying to get one machine that does it all. Why? Because try as they might, machines that do it all simply do not do as good of a job at free motion as a machine just designed to do straight stitch in my opinion.
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