Is "free motion" possible on a Janome MC9500?
10-06-2011, 12:56 PM
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Hello everyone!
This is my first post. Been reading for a couple of months and learning A LOT!! I have the Janome MC9500, embroidery, sewing machine. Is it possible to do true free motion quilting on it? I can drop the feed dogs, but when I try to start sewing, it gives me an error message to put them up. I try to do it with the feed dogs up, but it is VERY HARD and a real struggle against the machine. Am I missing something that should be obvious or can this machine just not do it? Do I have justification for a new machine?? ;-)
Thanks!
Laura
This is my first post. Been reading for a couple of months and learning A LOT!! I have the Janome MC9500, embroidery, sewing machine. Is it possible to do true free motion quilting on it? I can drop the feed dogs, but when I try to start sewing, it gives me an error message to put them up. I try to do it with the feed dogs up, but it is VERY HARD and a real struggle against the machine. Am I missing something that should be obvious or can this machine just not do it? Do I have justification for a new machine?? ;-)
Thanks!
Laura
10-06-2011, 01:12 PM
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If you google that Janome model, it says that it does come with a darning foot for free motion quilting, and it also comes with a dvd that shows all of that. Maybe you could watch your dvd, if you got one. When I bought my Janome machine, I got free lessons to learn how to use all of it's features. I surely hope you will get some help from someone. I have the 6600P machine, which I love dearly.
10-06-2011, 01:20 PM
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Originally Posted by ploverwi2
If you google that Janome model, it says that it does come with a darning foot for free motion quilting, and it also comes with a dvd that shows all of that. Maybe you could watch your dvd, if you got one. When I bought my Janome machine, I got free lessons to learn how to use all of it's features. I surely hope you will get some help from someone. I have the 6600P machine, which I love dearly.
10-06-2011, 01:40 PM
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Did you try to continue sewing even though it gave you an error message? Try lowering the feed dogs and turning the handwheel a slight bit to disengage them. That might help. Do you have a manual? I searched and have found several sites where people tested and reviewed this machine and according to their reports, had great success doing FMQ, with some problems with certain types of threads.
10-06-2011, 01:49 PM
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It should work fine. some people loosen top tension and buy the separate bobbin case that Janome makes for FM but that bobbin case is not necessary. Also most ppl use a top-stitch needle bc it has a larger eye so thread not as likely to get caught. i wonder if you are moving the quilt too slowly. you don't get fluid movement til you pick up speed some when doing FM. i have recently begun to use my start/stop button with speed control set on medium. it means i move quilt more slowly but still not slow.
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