jitkaau

I've seen this in action.It actually makes a double threaded stitch by forming a loop underneath which is picked up with a hook.I would really like one but they are $2700+ in Australia.

Yooper32

I simply can't image paying that kind of price for a machine that does one thing only. Guess one would have to be pretty flush with their bank account to afford such a frivolity.

jitkaau

The Pfaff stitch isn't the same stitch (to be pedantic).The Pfaff has a double stitch on every second stitch, to give the illusion of hand stitching,and two threads are still used, top and bottom but the Sachiko stitcher has thread in the bobbin which is brought to the surface with a hook and it forms a double stitch on the top and a continuous chain stitch on the back.It's sort of like a crochet stitch through the material.It's a shame the machine is so expensive.

plainpat

My Bernina has this stitch.Really need to try all the stitches,but I usually am just seaming quilt blocks.

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.

KastleKitty

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

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.

grann of 6

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.

janeknapp

It is a running stitch on the back, too, so it looks just like the front.

You can't do free motion quilting with this machine from what I understand.

grann of 6

On the youtube video, Nancy Zieman said it was a chain stitch on the back.