What is your dream machine you use to a) piece b) free motion quilt????? :thumbup:

My grandmothers Singer 66 red head and my FW.

Babylock Ellisimo. Just got it this summer and am so impressed and in love with this machine! Have been a Janome fan for years but couldn't get past all the wonderful features on this machine that the comparable Janome couldn't touch! (Think Janomes are built much sturdier but they really dropped the ball in keeping up with the competition on embroidery machines!)

I piece mostly on my Brother 1500S and quilt on a Fusion. Fancy stitches I use a Pfaff 7570 because it has so many stitches.

Husquvarna Sapphire 835

Love my Pfaff 2144

piecing on 1 of 3 Singer treadles and for FMQ a Sapphire 875.

Is that in a foot treadle? How cool...do you get a workout or is it low impact?
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I love my Husqvarna Viking 870. I want my grandmother's RedEye treadle. Maybe someday soon my brother will bring it home from Fl.

I did use a janome for piecing but it quit tonight. My husband has informed me that a sewing machine is a luxury so I am not going to be quilting for awhile.

I have a Pfaff Creative 1471 that I bought new in 1986 and would not part with it for the world, a real workhorse. Also have a Brother sewing and embrodiery machine that intimidates me, bought it used so no lessons, haven't mastered it yet.

Too many machines to list for piecing, HQ 18 for quilting

Did you inform him that eating is a luxury and he won't be getting that for a while?

Viking Quilt Designer

I love my new Janome Horizon 7700. I use it for piecing and free motion quilting. I have also put it on my quilting frame for a couple of quilts and it's quite the performer!
I still use my Janome QC6260 for workhorse jobs (denim) and to take to classes.

Need a ride to the sewing macnine sales room. sounds like a new best of the line is waiting for you. Story for you my brother though it was time for our mother to stop driveing her car so he took the car- long story short mom has a brand new on in her drive way showed him.

I love my Bernina 1260 when home and my FW when traveling.

Pfaff I purchased new in 1991, wish I had another just like it. Plus a Janome ,purchased about 1995,used mostly for blanket stitching.

I was thinking more along the lines of clean underwear being a luxury too.

My Juki 98Q for both. I'm plotting how to get a long arm, but in the meantime, I love love love my Juki.

I love my Janome 6500P.

I piece on my bernina 630 and just recently acquired FW. I FMQ on my HQ16-sit down version. Love all of my machines. Can't imagine quilting without them. :-)

Food is the one thing he never gripes about spending money on. He thinks making quilts is a waste of time.

I love the underwear one! I'm thinking some of his clothes might need to be mended!

[quote=Candace]I was thinking more along the lines of clean underwear being a luxury.

Not to mention sex.

I piece on a 1940 featherweight and quilt ona Tin Lizzie 18.

My dream machine??? Well -- I piece on the Janome and I quilt on the heavy duty school New HOme. Actually my true DREAM machine to use is a vintage 1896 treadle Singer that was given to me and never restored.

My kind of woman. I want to be just like her when I grow up..

one that works is my dream machine.. I am using one thats not always dependable, its old.. but if it keeps sewing, its my dream machine right now, since I can't buy a new one .. I am blessed to have this one, for sure!!

I would tell him so is sex, and he isn't getting any until I get a new sewing machine. And I would probably include hot meals too. Dinner from now on is a cold can of beans. With the can opener to open it himself. And he can do his own darned laundry. Having a personal laundress is a luxury too.

Butterfly quilter: I let my DH know that I thought tools were a luxury. That was a very mean thing to say to you!

My DH said he didn't think I needed 3 sewing machines because I can only use one at a time. Well, I told him I thought a truck, a car and a sandbuggy was a waste also, because he could only drive one at a time. He now doesn't even look into my sewing room.

Oh yea, I use my 1966 Kenmore for most everything and I have a serger and a little travel Kenmore.

It's all about perspective, isn't it? :>

Hmmm now I am very interested in a FW. Seems like everyone likes theirs.

**and love how the topic of sex and food deprivation enters into the conversation!! Don't mess with a ladies machine, thats for sure!

I've been wanting a featherweight for a while now but mainly because everyone else loves them so much. I'm sure I would too. :mrgreen:

Juki 98 Q for piecing, Bailey !7" for quilting.

I use my Janome Horizon 7700 for most everything. I have the 11000SE but I only use that for embroidery.

A well oiled and properly adjusted treadle isn't hard to use at all. You can see pictures of 3 of my people powered sewing machines, no electric motor. I'm the engine. I have
been using treadle machines since 2007.

I have one machine and it is my Bernina 230PE that my DH bought me when my other machine died in August. It's not my "dream machine" but it is better than the machine I had. If it hadn't been for some money DH received when his father passed away that we only used for "special" purchases, I would not have the Bernina. I would however have gotten a cheaper machine from Walmart though. And after I was in DH barn this weekend and noticed he had 5 routers, I told him if I ever buy another sewing machine I didn't want to hear a word. He tried to tell me they do different things and I told him that sewing machines do different things too.

Butterfly Quilter: I like the underwear thing that was suggested. But I also like that his clothes might need to be mended to. Maybe you could take up hand quilting and make him a quilt out of his clothes one piece at a time. When he says...honey, have you seen my ____, you can say no sure haven't and just snicker to yourself. hehehe

I use a Viking 950 for piecing & embroidery and a Baby Lock Quilters Pro for quilting. Also have a featherweight, Pfaff 6270, Viking 545, and a serger. Sewing machine poor

Definitely will be on he lookout for one of these in the future...someone was selling one not far from here but it was in horrible condition...I'd love to find a better cared for one...Thanks for the pix :)