New Janome
 

Our local quilt shop is hosting demos on the latest Janome. I stopped in there today and looked at it; then druelled all over myself. WOW, it does everything. My husband has been encouraging me to get another machine; and was kind of weary, but WOW it that new Janome a fantastic machine. It quilts, embrodiers, combines the two, can use up to 5 different threads, and all the designs. WOW! Can you tell I'm excited! I am going tomorrow to watch the entire demonstration b4 I make up my mind.

Wow sounds exciting. I am drooling after a long arm personally but I know the feeling. For me that will most likely stay at drooling. If you do end up getting the Janome post and let us know.

That is why I stay away from the demos- they would just make me sad over what I can't have :) Have fun deciding

having BOTH in one machines is not all that great....ask around first!

Play with it before you make up your mind. If you like it after you play with it then go for it!!! We would hate for you to have buyers remorse!! Let us know what you decide to do!!! :)

I agree with this reply. Search online for comments on dual operation sewing machines. I may be dating myself, but whenever I hear about a product that is multi purpose I remember "The Baby Tender" from the 1960's (I am dating myself), high chair, stroller, walker, baby seat, sounded great, but it did not do one thing best. Required an engineering degree to figure out how to do each purpose.

Go for it! I love my Janome!

Do your research first and make sure to try sewing an actual quilt block and a small quilt sandwich before you commit to buying. I've had a love/hate relationship with my Janome 6500 and both my old Bernina and new to me Husqvarna #1+ do a much better stitching job than it does. It loves to balk when starting, jamming up threads, veers off the stitching line at seam junctions and has an oil wick under the bobbin case that needs oiling (not in the manual) or it growls, rattles and jumps out of place. Don't buy unless you get to stitch your stuff first as the little bits of cotton the shop may give you to work on really doesn't show you what you need to know.

Demos are wonderful, show all the bells and whistles and really make you want to buy that machine. But I would never buy unless I sat down at the machine and sewed and sewed. I'd even take a list of features that is a must have on a machine.

I thought this was really good advise - you need to spend about 30 min at least on the machine with a guilt block and use it for what you like to do not just the all of fun stuff.