Sewing Machine doing a Hand Sewing stitch look
#23
Originally Posted by CoyoteQuilts
I have a Pfaff 7570 that has this stitch. It is a straight stitch and you use clear thread in the top with a very tight tension and colored thread in the bobbin with a looser tension. The clear thread pulls the bobbin thread up to the top and that is what makes it look like hand stitches.
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I have the machine It is wonderful when it works It can be finicky. It was expensive but I had to have it. Darn, I should have waited until they perfected it. I hate to be a downer but I would NOT recommend it.
#26
Thanks for the link! This machine is now on my wish list! I just love this board. I have learned so much in such a short amount of time! I've bookmarked the link for future use.
By chance I caught a program on public TV about the Japanese fisherman's coats done in sashiko throughout. They were beautiful works of art hand done by such poor women. Now they are on display in a museum. I wonder how many of the fishermen's wives would have ever guessed it. Now I have knowledge of a means to accomplish a coat I thought I could never make. I do lots of handwork, but running stitches through several layers is too difficult for me. Thank you! Kitty
By chance I caught a program on public TV about the Japanese fisherman's coats done in sashiko throughout. They were beautiful works of art hand done by such poor women. Now they are on display in a museum. I wonder how many of the fishermen's wives would have ever guessed it. Now I have knowledge of a means to accomplish a coat I thought I could never make. I do lots of handwork, but running stitches through several layers is too difficult for me. Thank you! Kitty
#27
Originally Posted by jeanneb52
I have the machine It is wonderful when it works It can be finicky. It was expensive but I had to have it. Darn, I should have waited until they perfected it. I hate to be a downer but I would NOT recommend it.
I have never heard of this machine before. If it gives a chain stitch look on the bottom that isn't nice looking, would it be possible to put another backing on the project (assuming it is a small project) and do regular quilting through that? For some people, that will be way too much work, but seams like an option.
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I have to agree with everyone else. That is a lot of money to pay for something that only does ONE thing. I have a blind hemmer that I bought over 20 years ago and paid $400 for it. My husband had a fit. But at the time I was doing a lot of home dec for people and it was wonderful for hemming drapes. They still make them and they are still $400 or slightly less. Hemming is all it does, but looks just like you find on apparel, most of the time it is put away in a cabinet. You really have to decide if you will use it enough to get your money's worth. I would have to do a lot of "fake hand stitching" to justify $2500. I don't think I would like the chain stitch on the back either.
#29
Originally Posted by Quilter7x
Thank you for sharing. Your comments will be very helpful to people.
I have never heard of this machine before. If it gives a chain stitch look on the bottom that isn't nice looking, would it be possible to put another backing on the project (assuming it is a small project) and do regular quilting through that? For some people, that will be way too much work, but seams like an option.
I have never heard of this machine before. If it gives a chain stitch look on the bottom that isn't nice looking, would it be possible to put another backing on the project (assuming it is a small project) and do regular quilting through that? For some people, that will be way too much work, but seams like an option.
You can't do free motion quilting with this machine from what I understand.
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Originally Posted by janeknapp
Originally Posted by Quilter7x
Thank you for sharing. Your comments will be very helpful to people.
I have never heard of this machine before. If it gives a chain stitch look on the bottom that isn't nice looking, would it be possible to put another backing on the project (assuming it is a small project) and do regular quilting through that? For some people, that will be way too much work, but seams like an option.
I have never heard of this machine before. If it gives a chain stitch look on the bottom that isn't nice looking, would it be possible to put another backing on the project (assuming it is a small project) and do regular quilting through that? For some people, that will be way too much work, but seams like an option.
You can't do free motion quilting with this machine from what I understand.
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