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Cute cockatoo, Becky Crafts! I bought a Brother HS 2000 for my kids to learn to sew on, and it's great! Better than the Singer I had for 20 years. If I'd had a budget, space restrictions, etc, I think I'd have been quite happy with it for myself. The boys are going to lend it to my mom so she can back to quilting and get some new experience before choosing a machine for herself.
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I have a Janome 3500, have had it about 12 years now. I have rarely used any of the stitches except the straight stitch, that is really all I need. I piece the quilts and then send them out for someone else to fool with, too much material for me to handle. Once it is sandwiched I don't even want to go there.
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I have a Bernina 830 but it is very heavy and I don't like to move it so I kept my Bernina 1530 for my travel machine. The 830 has a large "throat" so I can machine quilt on queen and King size easier and it also has built in walking foot and many decorative stitches. (Also is an embroidery machine) It is my "dream machine" and I saved many years to buy one when I retired. I started out with Singers, then New Home, Janome and my last two machines have been Bernina's.
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I bought a Babylock Espire (now Symphonie) with a large throat opening, needle up/down and sideways needle position adjustments, good light, motor speed adjustments and nice fancy stitches. Those are my essentials. I used to think that a built-in walking foot was a must have but this machine has an external walking foot that is relatively easy to attach and works just as well.
One of these days, I will be able to set up my frame and use it with the Pfaff Grandquilter. It is a very fast straight-stitch machine. |
Originally Posted by mhansen6
I have a Pfaff Creative 4.0. It has a built in walking foot and a 10.5 inch throat. I have quilted several smaller quilts and it works wonderfully. I am sure I could quilt larger ones too, but I just haven't. There is an embroidery unit that goes with it, I just don't have the time to do the embroidery so I didn't spend the money to get it.
I have had Pfaff machines for 30 years and I wouldn't own anything else. I am sure most ladies feel the same way about their machines. It takes quite a bit of research to find one that fits you. But the research is well worth the time if you find a machine that you love. |
I bought a new machine when my over 35 yr. old one couldn't be repaired. The new one is a Brother XR7700, not expensive at all but it serves the purpose and I mainly hand quilt. A friend who no longer sews is sending me her old Kenmore for a back up work horse. Between the two I'll have a machine with the capacity of more throat space should I wish or have to switch to machine quilting and a light weight one with a few gadgets and some fancy stitch capabilities. By no means are any of the high end machines necessary to have a great time creating your own masterpieces.
Who says you have to own a Mercades in order to drive! Happy quilting, Andie :roll: |
I have several machines because I love them. I have a Viking Mega Quilter I am learning to FMQ on. Usually hand quilt but wanted to learn on machine. I have a Viking Sapphire for all the fancy stitches. But, my very favorite and the one I do all my piecing on is an old Singer 201 made in 1951.
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JulieR, your avatar made me bust out laughing... I love it!
I *SO* love not camping, myself... |
I have a Janome and an Elna...used both on sewing many quilt tops.
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I have 2 brother sewing machine 1 stay at home and the other is a cheap 8lb one which I take to UFO day or a class my Guild is putting on can't carry a heavy one.And 1 Janome med arm that goes with my Handi quitler.
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