Does anyone use the button for sewing?

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02-27-2011, 06:40 PM

#141

JeanieG

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Originally Posted by HisPatchwork

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Originally Posted by DonnaB

After reading everybody's comments on this subject, I have tried for the first time the on/off button on my Brother. I did ok, have a 50/50 likeness to this, and will continue to try it. With the 1/4" seam, my material got caught in the needle a couple of times, so have to overcome that problem.

If you are talking about when you first start out piecing, just use a 'starter' piece of fabric. You can keep a stack of squares near your machine and sew them together..using them as 'starters and enders'. When you end your sewing, leave the 'ender' under the presser foot, it will be your 'starter' so when you begin the needle will not eat your fabric. Before you know it you will have a project of starters and enders all sewed together...and you don't have all those tails of thread to trim.

Plus you really save a lot of money on thread!!!

02-27-2011, 07:20 PM

#142

Gramily

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I have had a Baby Lock for nearly a year. I have transitioned to the "button" from 4 machines without. I am hooked on the "Button".

02-27-2011, 09:12 PM

#143

Dee

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I love my Brother with no foot pedal. Sure was nice when I had surgery on my foot and could still sew.

02-28-2011, 09:54 AM

#144

IBQLTN

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I was recently in a class with someone who was using the start/stop button on her brother. It beeped everytime she touched it and we were sewing short seams. The beeping just about got on my last nerve!

Peggy

02-28-2011, 12:45 PM

#145

penski

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i use mine all the time, that and the needle up and down button

02-28-2011, 12:58 PM

#146

Rumbols

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I have serveral Janomes and Brother machines with this feature and I use it all the time. Just love it. Really saves my foot from cramping when I do long seams in strip piecing. I do on occasion use the foot pedal when I have a lot of stop/start applique.

02-28-2011, 02:50 PM

#147

seamstome

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When I first tried a Janome I was using my GF's 6600. The stop/start bottom and reverse button are very close. Also the stop/start is red when it is stitching and green when it is stopped.

I hit the reverse button by mistake, it didnt stop. The button was red so I thought I had hit the stop button. So I started yelling at it, "stop, I told you stop"

She still teases me about that.

02-28-2011, 03:32 PM

#148

Mazda

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I can actually hit mine with my knuckle.

02-28-2011, 09:32 PM

#149

mrsddh97

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I have a 2 Brothers and the one in my sewing room has it and I use it and the auto cutter all the time.

03-01-2011, 06:39 AM

#150

Sewing Grandma

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I have 3 Brother machines and love the start/stop feature on them. When I sew on my snack bar love it because the pedal will not reach the machine and I stand up when I use the snack bar or sit on the bar stool and cannot reach the floor. Wonderful feature.