I want a embroidery machine...LQS trying to talk me into 300E Janome
06-14-2011, 02:50 PM
#91
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The 300E is a very good machine and does have a spring loaded F hoop for purchase that would allow you to put quilts in it to quilt. They would only be a 4x4 size but doable. Also the 350E has a few more features, color screen, excepts jump drive. A little more money but nice. Good luck I have had the 8000, 9000, 10000 now have the 11000 and plan to trade up if possible. Love my Janome!!
06-14-2011, 03:44 PM
#92
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Have had Janome 9500 for 4+ yrs. Paid $1500 for it. I used the embroidery often at first. I was surprised at the amount of other supplies, stabilizers, embroidery thread I needed. Now, I do not embroidery so often, so I use it as a regular sewing machine for quilting and garments. It is a workhorse and made to do many stitches. Inside, it has many metal parts, which makes it too heavy for carrying around. I am very happy with this machine and it comes with many attachments and decorative stitches. I do not, however, like the zipper foot!
06-14-2011, 04:00 PM
#93
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I think you should buy the best one you can with the biggest hoop you can buy. I'm on my 3rd embr machine a Bernina 830, think this is it for me! Yes its a pricey one but it sews and embr like a dream! It has a Jumbo hoop that you can do a jacket back. Also having a embr machine there are other things you will need stablizer and more stablizer of all kinds and the thread lots of colors of that too! I have been collect all of that for years and never buy unless its on sale or at a quilt show sale! Lots of bucks for the extras too!
06-14-2011, 04:06 PM
#94
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Originally Posted by Dina
I don't think I can help with your decision, but one of my friends came to mind when I read your post. She bought a Pfaff which did embroidery and within 4 months upgraded to another Pfaff that did more embroidery. She isn't a close friend, so I don't know the details of her machines, but I thought the fact that she upgraded so soon might be useful? Every quilter is different, so now I "am thinking" this might be worthless information? The shop (where I bought my non-embroidery Pfaff, allows customers to upgrade with sort of a trade in thing like car dealerships do.)
I think the advice about being comfortable with your dealer is a good one. Classes accompanied both my machine and my friend's, plus free machine cleaning for 3 years.
I think the advice about being comfortable with your dealer is a good one. Classes accompanied both my machine and my friend's, plus free machine cleaning for 3 years.
06-14-2011, 04:43 PM
#95
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I have a Janome 300E that I bought from someone local used on $600 2 years ago and it works fine. you an put up to a 5 x 7 hoop on it and it you purchase the giga hoop you can embroider a larger size by doing each half at a time. I use it a lot and have had no problems at all. the 300E is the older model replaced by the 350 E. Once and awhile i have seen new 300Es at Hancock Fabrics for $899.
The 300E goes for about $999 on ebay, so the price appears to be right and you can always go back to the dealer and make a nusiance of yourself if you have problems and they won't fix them.
The 300E takes a PMCIA card with a compact flash inserted. you can easily download designs from your laptop to the compact flash and then insert them in the machine. I only load onto the compact flash what I want to sew out to keep the load time on the machine down, and keep my source files on the pc well backed up.
the 350E reads a flash drive = thumb drive instead.
The 350 E doesn't handle an larger hoops than the 300E
The 300E goes for about $999 on ebay, so the price appears to be right and you can always go back to the dealer and make a nusiance of yourself if you have problems and they won't fix them.
The 300E takes a PMCIA card with a compact flash inserted. you can easily download designs from your laptop to the compact flash and then insert them in the machine. I only load onto the compact flash what I want to sew out to keep the load time on the machine down, and keep my source files on the pc well backed up.
the 350E reads a flash drive = thumb drive instead.
The 350 E doesn't handle an larger hoops than the 300E
06-14-2011, 05:57 PM
#96
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I love my Bernina Artista 180 upgraded to 185. I bought the machine in 2000 and embroidered a lot with it. Now I can embroider 6 x 10, before upgrade it was 5 x 7. I am a firm believer of Bernina. The artista I saw on ebay for 450 dollars and I paid back then $ 5000. I quilt ,sew and embroider and loving it.
Look my aviator I embroidered and sewed it with my Bernina artista.
Look my aviator I embroidered and sewed it with my Bernina artista.
06-14-2011, 07:15 PM
#97
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Bear with me because I haven't read all the posts...but I definitely would get it.
Can't you do regular sewing (piecing) with it also?
I have an embroidery machine but have yet to do any embroidery with it ....kll :shock: :-o , but I have pieces (and machine quilted ) numerous quilts with it. It ends up nice having two machines with which to piece, there is always one when the other is getting cleaned, plus I can work on two quilt tops at the same time! HA!
Can't you do regular sewing (piecing) with it also?
I have an embroidery machine but have yet to do any embroidery with it ....kll :shock: :-o , but I have pieces (and machine quilted ) numerous quilts with it. It ends up nice having two machines with which to piece, there is always one when the other is getting cleaned, plus I can work on two quilt tops at the same time! HA!
06-14-2011, 10:51 PM
#98
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I have a sewing, embroidery machine < Janome 9500, and it is a dream. I just got it but have been able to do some embroidery and it was easy to use and came out great. It also sews just plsin sewing great too. I have two machines in case I want to embroider and sew at the same time.
06-15-2011, 03:21 AM
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Originally Posted by jollyquilting
I have a sewing, embroidery machine < Janome 9500, and it is a dream. I just got it but have been able to do some embroidery and it was easy to use and came out great. It also sews just plsin sewing great too. I have two machines in case I want to embroider and sew at the same time.
06-15-2011, 06:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Bluebonnet
I went to my LQS to look at a used Brother 5700 for $449. I had already read reviews on it, people saying they couldn't find parts-hoops and such for it. So I was skeptical about it anyway. When I went to the shop, they told me I really shouldn't get it, for all the same reasons. They started telling me about Janome 300E machine. I really like it, but am debating about spending that much on it. It's regularly $1299 and he told me he could give it to me for $999. Still that's a lot to spend on a machine I may not use every day or even every week. I don't want to buy a machine though that does the 3x5 and wish I had spent a little more and gotten one that does 5x7 area stitching. Can some of you tell me the great things your machines do and which machines you have?
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