Murphy224

Is there still room on the bus for me??? I am currently in the same search mode. I have the Janome 6600 and the 15000 with a ruler foot. I have the 3 CG rulers in my Amazon cart and trying to decide which to get. Janome has a ruler work kit for about $100 or so, currently out of stock everywhere I have looked (including my dealer). Yesterday I found this link to Janome Ruler foot and rulers that shows which rulers are in the kit. I think I am going to get the Slim CG one and try it out since it is different from any in the Janome set. Then I if I think I can do this, maybe get the kit with all 6 of the rulers. $22 is a better price for a "try me" idea than $100. I have lots of Creative Grids rulers and know they work well and don't slip.
Am wondering if anyone has taken a ruler class from a Janome dealer and used those rulers?
Murphy


https://janomelife.wordpress.com/201...g-with-rulers/

Kris P

I have all 4 rulers, and a Janome 6600. i was asked by my LQS owner to learn to use them and demo them at a recent shop hop. I found Slim and Archie most useful. Slim is great for long straight lines and works great 'Dot to Dot' quilting and straight lines and ditching. Archie was a favorite of mine because the bottom, smily side is designed for the arcs in 2 inch squares, and the cathedral arch of the top side of Archie is a difficult shape to stitch free-hand because of the need to do a mirror image to get an even arch.

As far as the others are concerned, Squiggy is great for serpentine lines, and curves, but they just weren't as easy for me to master in the short time I had to create samples for the Shop hop. Shorty is fine for straight lines, too, but maybe not as universally helpful.
Hope you've found my feedback helpful. I'd get both Slim and Archie...

Murphy224

Thank you Kris P for the info on Archie. I was thinking about which one would work best for the arcs. Saw a you tube video on ruler use in a square and with your input, will go ahead and get both the Slim and Archie for my venture into ruler quilting. Still a small investment to try it out.

SusieQOH

Thanks so much for starting this thread. I bought the foot with a basic ruler, maybe 2 in the package but haven't had the time to sit down with them yet. But I really want to learn.
Angela Walters has a great tutorial on using rulers.

IrishMom

KrisP thanks for the input and Murphy224 I will be interested in hearing how it goes for you.

I'm rather bummed at how much the ruler foot costs for my machine! If I understand correctly, for my Janome 6600 I need to get the Janome Convertible Free Motion Quilt Foot Set for High Shank Models at $54.99 and the Janome Convertible Free Motion Frame Quilting Feet Setfor $20.99.. So, $78 before I even get a ruler! That's a tough one to justify right now. Has anyone tried the other brand name feet?

feffertim

I have a Janome 6600, can I use their ruler foot with my machine or do I need attachments to use it. Advice please \ as there are no Janome dealers near my home

Kassaundra

I got a generic non hopping free motion foot for rulers that fits my (inexpensive) brother machine online for somewhere in the $12 range. I haven't used it yet (just got it this week). Now I need to find something for a ruler. Not sure I want to buy pricey ones until I know if I can / will use it instead of my walking foot. I have been a free motion flunkie hoping this will help me w/ that.

rryder

Your Creative Grids rulers are for cutting and may be too thin to safely use as rulers for doing quilting with a ruler foot---

Rob

rryder

I bought the Westalee ruler foot when it first came out- used it for several years and it worked just fine for me, but it was tiresome to adjust it's height whenever I needed to go over a thicker area in a quilt (like where multiple seams come together). When the Janome convertible FMQ and frame sets became available, I switched to them because there is a thumb screw on the convertible foot which allows you to fine tune the height of the floating foot without loosening the screw that mounts the foot to the machine--- the reason that this adjustability is important is that with a floating foot, you need to get the foot at exactly the right height above the quilt to get good stitch formation. The Westaleee foot and the other feet available (except for the Janome) all are adjusted by loosening the screw that attaches them to the machine and then sliding the foot slightly up or down, then re-tightening the screw. This means that you are essentially taking time to re-mount the foot every time you need to adjust it's height. With the Janome, the thumbs screw is completely independent of the screw that mounts the foot to your machine-- well worth the extra $ if you do a lot of ruler work and/or work on quilts that have areas where multiple seams come together resulting in thicker spots here and there.

Rob

Kassaundra

I did not realize any of this. I've watched several videos and none have mentioned any of this. When I think about it they have all been quilting in open field areas w/o any seaming, hummmmmmmmm