Oh, woe, I am so bummed!
#41
Brother. I love them. Cheap enough to replace! I have one almost 10 years old with at least 60 or 70 fancy stitches., a newer one with over 100 stitches, for less than $300.00. But I have at least 25 machines and found the Brothers are really the best buy for the $.
#44
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Owensboro, KY
Posts: 1,420
I have the Janome 6600. I would never purchase any brand machine unless I had local service and support. The first year I had this particular Janome (it is my 3rd Janome), I had it in over and over because I was having trouble with backlash. I was using Gutermann thread and finally figured out my machine did not like that particular brand. I later discovered a product called Magic Bobbin Washers which fixed that problem totally. I love this Janome. It's not an embroidery machine, but it does anything else I could ask of it. Definitely a workhorse, and I love my local Janome dealer.
#45
Thanks for posting the links, I really found a lot I didn't know.
Love my Janome 6600. Having said that, I highly recommend watching the videos
posted here. A real eye opener.
http://www.quiltingboard.com/links-r...d-t215131.html
posted here. A real eye opener.
http://www.quiltingboard.com/links-r...d-t215131.html
#46
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Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Timmins, Ont. Canada
Posts: 4,683
If money was no object, I would have a Bernina 830 which runs about $12, 000 - 13, 000. here in Canada & I'm not sure if that includes the extra software that runs about $2, 300. It is a combination sewing/embroidery machine. I have the Bernina 820 but it does only minimal embroidery. I can dream though !!!
#48
Super Member
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Southeast Georgia
Posts: 2,526
I use my Janomes (8900 and 10001), as well as my vintage Singers. I have 2 FWs, a 15-91, a 66, a 99 and a 27 in treadle. I also have 15 clones. I love my Janomes, but the only Singer I'd ever consider buying would be vintage.
#49
Singer made a good product for years. Unfortunately that time has passed. I grew up using Singers and when I was married in 1969 my husband bought a Singer sewing machine for his gift to me. Had nothing but problems with it. Every time I used it it would have to go back to the service guy and finally he got tired of fixing it and completely disassembled and reassembled it. He found it had been put together wrong at the factory and did work better for a time but still too many problems. I got so frustrated with it at one point that I took it out to the field behind the house and blasted it with my husbands shot gun. Most satisfaction I ever got from it! Have never and will never own another one which was manufactured after the 1960's. I now own my Mother's vintage Singer 301 and have never had one problem with it. My Viking Designer SE was the replacement for the wedding present and has never given me a problem either. I have owned Janome also and would recommend them also.
I bought a used Viking #1 for the embroidery stitches...and then a few years ago I bought a Juki 98Q and absolutely, totally love that machine even though it is straight stitch only...and now if I ever got another fancy stitch machine I would check out other Jukis. My daughter has my Pfaff...just cause I wanted to keep the Viking for the fancy stitches...not that I use them much. But also, that Pfaff just always sews...felt like she would never have problems with it.
#50
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Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Rapid City, SD
Posts: 4,961
I have a Bernina and I love it. Mine is the 800 series - complete with embroidery module. I would never sew on anything else. I'm totally spoiled by this machine. Course I have a dealer here in town so get all kinds of tips and tricks from him. Never had a problem with my Bernina.
Hope you get your machine issues resolved quickly. It isn't fun to be without your machine.
Hope you get your machine issues resolved quickly. It isn't fun to be without your machine.
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