sit down long arm
 

I was looking into Sweet Sixteen sit down machine. I did a search on sit down quilt machines and this one came up...has anyone bought this one or tried it? http://freemotionquiltingadventures....-sit-down.html

The Charm has an 18 and a 22 inch throat - http://www.gammill.net/product.php?id=10 - no idea on the price - its a sitdown

Hi Carol. Here is what I have: http://www.handiquilter.com/machine/HQ_Sweet_Sixteen/ I love my Sweetie and lots of us do. If you type Sweet Sixteen in the search box of the home page on the quilting board you can read lots of thoughts about it. Good luck in your search.

looks like a total pain to thread. http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=...8960798B94EE38

I was wondering about the Charm. I just found this one today and wondering how it compares it has a larger throat and looks computerize, which could be costly to fix.

I agree with Carolaug, looks like a real pain to thread.

In my opinion, threading a Gammill is not difficult.

Nan - Indiana

Bailey is another option, has a 13, 15 or 17" option.

I've been looking at the Homesteader. I think they have a sit down version. Looks like a little workhorse.

I didn't watch this video of the threading, but looking at the machine, it looks like the threading is very similar to the threading of a Gammill longarm, with the exception that the Charm looks like it doesn't have a thread break sensor. I have a Gammill longarm and it's not hard to thread at all.