Well I went and did the deed.........
 

I ordered my Bailey's Home Quilter 15 Pro approximately 2 minutes ago.


******Doing the Happy Dance!!!!********

Wonderful, Hooray! Have fun.

Now, what was the "pull the trigger" moment? I'm still on the fence. I keep dancing around them, trying to decide which machine I want! (right now, the Bailey 13 or a used machine 4 hours away are neck-in-neck). Also, did you buy a new one or floor model?


Congrats!

Ohhhh, lucky you!!! how exciting!

Enjoy your new machine!

I'm sure you will LOVE it! Alot of a learning curve but once you catch on it's great! I've had mine for several years now and still love it. Most errors are operator ones.

The "pull the trigger"moment was.....
Our tax return showed up in the bank account. We decided several weeks ago to get one when it came in.

Now I can't exactly sneak it in.....My husband made me buy it. I was going to wait till my birthday in November.
Although the cat doesn't know about the purchase, but getting around her is easy, I will bring it in when shes asleep. Which is about 20 hours a day. So I have a rather large time frame there.

Congratulations! I'll be interested to read about your experiences with it! Above all, have fun while you're learning...

Ohhh what fun! So happy for you!

Congratulations! Enjoy your new journey.

You are going to love it. I live near where they are made and went to see them in the shop.
I am waiting to get better and am going to jump in myself. Good luck.

Congratulations!!! I will be watching to see how it goes for you.

Thanks everyone, I am so excited.

It should be here by the end of the month. :)

Good for you,have fun with it.

oohh, have fun! let us know how you like it.

Suzy

GOOD FOR YOU, we have a bailey's yahoo group where you can find lots of info and answers, just to let you know ahead of time we have ALL wanted to chunk them out the window at times! it just takes patience to get to know the machine and practice to get decent at quilting. congratulations.

I busted a move for you! :)

THANKS!!!

I still can't believe I am getting one, I have 2 tops ready for quilting and 1 more will be done tomorrow. And who knows how many more will get created by time the machine arrives.

I am sure I will feel this way too........LOL

I still have to make my swear jar......haha .......That way I can curse like a sailor and buy some more fabric when the jar is full......LOL

Congratulations! I got my Bailey used, but it works great. My advice? Practice, practice, practice. :)

Congrats on your purchase. You just bought yourself hours of joy.

Yes, keep us all posted on your learning curve, etc. We'd love to hear about it. I know I would at least. How hard was t to set up, how long did it take to put your first quilt on it, etc. ...all those details that seem almost impossible to find on the net.

Congrats, enjoy!!!!!

Great stuff! I got my Nolting MAQ 14" on Monday last having only had to wait a week for it to be shipped to me here in Oman. It is going on my Little Gracie II frame and the Viking Mega Quilter is now my machine of choice for piecing. I have had a short practice and am gasping to get my quilt tops onto the frame and get going! I should probably practice a bit more really but I am impatient to say the least. I have made a 'left overs' top to do first! Good luck with your machine, my friend had a Bailey, loved it and did beautiful work with it and I would have bought one but they weren't prepared to ship it out to me so Nolting got my business. Enjoy!

Congratualtions! Have fun and keep us posted on your progress.

Happy for you. Have fun with your new toy.

Congratulations and enjoy. Be sure and post your progress.

Congratulations!

Color me green with envy. I bet you can't wait for it to get home.

:shock::eek::thumbup:

Congrats and enjoy!

I didn't know much about this machine so I just did a quick glance and I must say you made a good choice. I didn't know you could buy a 15" quilter with a queen frame for less than $2,500! Amazing. Have fun with it. I'm sure you've earned it just doing what women do for everyone in their lives!

I would be glad to let you know these things. :)

I was amazed at the prices too. Especially since the other top brands run into the high teens in price. And sometimes that is just the machine. My set up minus shipping comes to $2100.00. The frame we found on CL a few months ago we paid $300 I think. And the machine was $1899.00 and the shipping was $50.00.

I am such a spoiled brat. :)

Can't wait to hear about your experiences with it! I really want to hear first hand from a newbie on a long arm. Congrats!

I still have to make my swear jar......haha .......That way I can curse like a sailor and buy some more fabric when the jar is full......LOL[/QUOTE]

no worries about filling the jar in about a month ;-)

Wonderful! Thanks for sharing your 'happy moment'. Enjoy the learning process!

You are not a spoiled brat,,, i'm sure you've earned it!!!!
I've been away from here for a while,,, was just looking around,, and saw your post... I know there is a good video on YouTube with a woman i think named Debby,,, she does a super job showing her using this machine and yes, the google group will be very helpful...
I actually called and spoke to "Chuck" at Bailey... THIS machine is the only one i will buy when i'm ready to replace my Janome 1600... it's on my Grace Pinnacle frame and i LOVE machine quilting... i only do "loop d loop" so far,,, but the 9" throat is constricting.... I will not upgrade until i "clean up my sewing room"... i'm a bit of a slob... just keep making and thing get piled up and it's just about to my boiling point, so i will not treat myself until it's cleaned up...
I'm out of commission at the moment... a "golden years" issue with my back, hip, and i now have RA... so i'm a stewin' over that one...
Chuck and i chatted.. that this machine is pretty much like the Singer 201,, that i LOVED way back in the day,, and the fact that it does NOT have a ton of bells and whistles... is what i LOVE... I will want the stitch regulator though... i do not have one now.. and realize it would be a big help when trying to work within a space....
I wish you all the luck in the world with this... you are going to really enjoy doing you own tops in record time and not paying huge money to a longarmer...
Sorry if i babbel.. just wanted to jump in... hugs Barbara...

Thanks,
I don't think your babbling. I really appreciate your input.

Chase

That's wonderful. I bet the cat won't mind.