Why do you like your machine
#42
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Glenmoore, PA
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Originally Posted by JCL in FL
I have a Viking machine and I paid a lot for it and I don't like it. What machine do you have and why do you like it? Would you buy it again?
#43
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Missouri
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I have a Bernina 150 Virtuosa/Quilters Edition I bought used a few years ago, and a Bernina 180E I bought new in 1999. Dependable! I know everytime I sit down to sew my machine will have perfect stitches. And when I embroider I will have great designs stitched. I love the knee lift and the needle down
as well as the 5 needle postions.
as well as the 5 needle postions.
#44
I have 2 Babylocks, the Symphony and Ellisimo, love them both. I have owned several Babylocks and keep trading up. They are so user friendly and have all the bells and whistles. I also own HQ's Avante and the sit down model. My thing is the quality and ease of use of these sewing machines.
#46
I bought a cheap little Brother XR9000 (right around $200) which they don't make anymore, but there are similiar models available. I bought it about a year & a half ago because I wanted to learn to quilt. I love the features and especially bought it for the drop feed so I could learn to FMQ. It has a ton of decorative stitches which I seldom use, but it's nice that they're there. Also, has alphabet & numbers, but they are at a fixed size which it so tiny that I never use them, and to me is a wasted feature. This little machine sews like a charm, but the throat space (5" to 5 1/2" from the needle to the body) is way too small to do medium to large quilts (unless you work very hard at it...ask me how I know...ha) and so I tell anyone that asks me to ALWAYS look at machines that have a large throat space just to make your quilting easier. I bought an old 15/125 Singer, because it has 7" of throat space & try to do all my FMQ on this machine. It's a work horse, but still I want more throat space....Dreaming of a long arm!
#49
I have a Pfaff, it is 10 years old. I love the built in walking foot. I like the way it free motion quilts. I don't like the foot it has, but the actually mechanism works well.
Is it the best machine? I don't know, I haven't used them all, but it has kept up to me.
Is it the best machine? I don't know, I haven't used them all, but it has kept up to me.
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