What are the 3 most important things you need on your machine?
#32
1. reasonable number of fancy/utility stitches
2. throat space and reliability to FMQ
3. light weight to be able to take with me.
I have #1 & 2, but not 3. Others have mentioned lighting. That's important for the machine, but even more overhead. And an auto threader would be nice, too.
2. throat space and reliability to FMQ
3. light weight to be able to take with me.
I have #1 & 2, but not 3. Others have mentioned lighting. That's important for the machine, but even more overhead. And an auto threader would be nice, too.
#34
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: England Alton Towers
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Needle , thread and foot. Sensible. Reply would be needle up and down. Stop start button(so you don't need to use foot pedal all the time.also useful when you forget to take foot to class) and no 3 reverse button.
#35
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Southern California
Posts: 19,131
1/4" foot, electrical power and lubricating oil to keep on quilting. Just an old fashion quilter !! I once quilted on a my Singer treadle. YIKES, try THAT sometime!!! THAT machine doesn't stop once you stop peddling and no backstitch !!!
#36
LIGHTING, needle up/down and positionable, and oh, how I miss the walking foot feature on my Pfaff! I really like my Janome 6600P, but why did they not make a better foot system for it!? I have to remove that darned shaft to change to several different feet. What a pain! If I had it to do over again, I'd probably go back to a Pfaff, and may do that yet...so much more user friendly!
#38
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Southeastern Indiana
Posts: 363
I like: seam gauge on the bobbin window, automatic needle threader, needle up or down. I never use: thread cutter, knee lift, foot pedal. I love the start/stop button. I don't have to continually chase my foot pedal around. I never did find anything to keep it in place, and I've tried everything.
#40
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 128
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