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I just started a thread yesterday about cheaper machines. I think the one you are looking at is going to be the one I get too. Good Luck. Here is the thread i started with some additional advice :)
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Blackberry: I discovered that, for me, I could free-motion quilt alot easier than stitch in the ditch on larger quilts. When you stitch in the ditch, you have to follow specific lines and directions in the quilt, so it is hard to maneuver in that throat space. When I meander, however, it's easy to move around the quilt without having it bunch up in the machine. JMHO
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Originally Posted by nursie76
I have 2 Bernina's, but before I got the second one, DH got me a Brother CS4000 for a backup and it is a great little machine. The CS6000I has more on it, so I would assume it is even nicer. When my DD was home from NZ, she wanted to begin to learn to sew. She used the Brother and fell in love with it. She was so disappointed to find that she couldn't take it back with her due to the luggage limits and the difference in power over there. The only thing I had to get used to was that, in it's default position, the needle is over to the left. But that is no problem when you use the 1/4 inch foot you just move the needle over. Also, it makes great decorative stitches, 7mm (my Bernina 440 only did 5mm). How do you move the needle over. I just started using mine this evening so maybe that is in the manual.
Check out the prices on Overstock.com. DH got mine there refurbished with full warranty for a very reasonable price. Good luck. |
Originally Posted by renee765
Blackberry: I discovered that, for me, I could free-motion quilt alot easier than stitch in the ditch on larger quilts. When you stitch in the ditch, you have to follow specific lines and directions in the quilt, so it is hard to maneuver in that throat space. When I meander, however, it's easy to move around the quilt without having it bunch up in the machine. JMHO
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I have this machine, twice!, that is I have 2 of them, and my daughter has one, and BFF has one.
They are great little machines, and do everything we need them to do. They are Brothers, afterall! . |
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