need new sewing machine/what kind do you have??

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08-31-2010, 03:06 PM

#101

Annya

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I love my Janome 6600P with the knee lift but I have not used it yet. I will one day, maybe after I finish sorting out my sewing room.

08-31-2010, 03:59 PM

#102

wesing

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We are a Pfaff house. We haven't used or looked at any other brand. We love the machines and they are very well built. The IDT feature is amazing and such help in piecing quilts. I don't think you can go wrong with a Pfaff.

Darren

08-31-2010, 04:29 PM

#103

gale

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I can't use my knee lift right now. My table has a lowered shelf for the machine to sit on and the bracket thingy that holds that shelf is right smack dab in front of the hole for the knee lifter. When I get a chance I'm going to make a regular non-liftable wooden shelf for it so that I can use the knee lifter.

08-31-2010, 04:35 PM

#104

BellaBoo

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I am really impressed with the top of the line Kenmore machines. For the money the value is outstanding.

08-31-2010, 04:37 PM

#105

bruzoo

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I have had a Brother Disney 2002D, a PFAFF quilter 4.0, a Viking Designer I. I sold them all and bought a Bernina 440 QE. Best decision I ever made! Precise and trouble free!

08-31-2010, 05:38 PM

#106

grammyv

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ok.what's a knee lifter??

08-31-2010, 05:53 PM

#107

nursie76

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It is a bar that extends out and down from the from of your machine which you push against with the outer aspect of your right upper thigh and it lifts your presser foot so you don't have to let go of your fabric and lift it in the back of the foot. Great when you are doing curves or need to pivot. It lifts the presser foot and temporarily lowers the feed dogs. Took me a while to get used to it on my Bernina, but now I love it to pieces. Also love the auto thread cutter.

08-31-2010, 08:40 PM

#108

kim_s

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Annya

Some of the newer Janomes have a button for scissors which when you are in the middle of your quilt, just push that button and it cuts the threads top and bottom so you don't have to fight the quilt to cut the bottom thread.

Wow! What an extremely cool feature!

09-01-2010, 07:02 PM

#109

grammyv

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ok.thanks for all the great advice.i wound up buying a janome dc 4030 today.i really like the auto threader and the start stop feature which allows me to sew without using the fpptpedel.i figure that feature alone is going to shorten the length of time it take me to piece a top.cant wait to get home from work tomorrow so i can play with it.;) marty ps thanks to those of you who have so graciously put me on your prayer lists.