Originally Posted by
JenMo
Hi everyone,
After reading through all your helpful suggestions, I found a local Juki dealer and came home with a TL-18 QVP Haruka. I do love my Rocketeer, but found I had to fiddle with the tension too much any time I changed thread, setup etc. I have been playing with the TL-18 all week and am SO happy with it :-) The tension and stitching are flawless and I honestly love that it's mechanical. Love, love, LOVE the floating foot adjustment for FMQ :-) I will still use my Rocketeer for piecing and zigzag :-) She is not going anywhere :-)
Congrats! There's a great FB page for Juki fans (Juki Junkies) with lots of good info on the machines as well as some fun projects. If you ever want to get into bag making or some of the home dec sewing like welted pillows, the semi-industrial nature of the TL series (and the floating foot of the TL-18QVP) are perfect for those bulky projects as well.