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Forum: Main
04-22-2012, 02:41 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,167
Posted By Brabant

Question Binding off quilts with right angle edges by machine

To be absolutely accurate, how to use the Bernina binding attachment #84 with its foot #94 to bind right angles. It makes wonderful curves, but right angles? Any advice gratefully received!
Forum: Main
04-15-2012, 12:21 AM
Replies: 62
Views: 7,216
Posted By Brabant

Hallo everyone I've cracked the bottom thread...

Hallo everyone I've cracked the bottom thread question! There is a product called The Bottom Thread produced by Superior Threads! I found it on a UK shop (Barnyarns) website. This is how it is...
Forum: Main
04-12-2012, 04:54 AM
Replies: 62
Views: 7,216
Posted By Brabant

I have to be a little patient till we go back to...

I have to be a little patient till we go back to Germany in July, menwhile 'I have downloaded the Manual in English and have some bedtime reading. Yes I am very pleased indeed, over the moon........
Forum: Main
04-12-2012, 12:03 AM
Replies: 62
Views: 7,216
Posted By Brabant

Hallo everyone, My dealer came back to me last...

Hallo everyone,
My dealer came back to me last night and offered me a demonstration Bernina 820 with a reduction of 800 euros on the price and the full new machine Guarantee. The deed is done! I...
Forum: Main
04-11-2012, 09:50 AM
Replies: 62
Views: 7,216
Posted By Brabant

Golly Candace you are very helpful. I am very...

Golly Candace you are very helpful. I am very new to quilting. I have decided to do the patchwork by hand and then quilt on the machine. I like the idea of stitching in the ditch and the book I am...
Forum: Main
04-11-2012, 08:40 AM
Replies: 62
Views: 7,216
Posted By Brabant

I think I have decided: it is the Bernina. Too...

I think I have decided: it is the Bernina. Too many horror stories for the Pfaff and so many people enamoured with their trouble free Berninas. Just waiting for a response from my dealer in...
Forum: Main
04-11-2012, 06:30 AM
Replies: 62
Views: 7,216
Posted By Brabant

Since I retired the financial aspect always...

Since I retired the financial aspect always hovers! What accessories might I want I wonder. Do any of you Bernina folk out there have specific accessories you suggest? I guess I will need a stitch...
Forum: Main
04-11-2012, 05:31 AM
Replies: 62
Views: 7,216
Posted By Brabant

We were in Germany for the winter, in a forest...

We were in Germany for the winter, in a forest with 20centimeters of snow almost daily. Somehow I think you have the right idea and we went wrong somewhere! Now we are in France for the summer but...
Forum: Main
04-11-2012, 04:56 AM
Replies: 62
Views: 7,216
Posted By Brabant

Again a vote for Bernina. The Swiss are the...

Again a vote for Bernina. The Swiss are the winners I suspect. Thanks for your advice. We all forget tricks with machines. I am instinctive with my old Pfaff2144, I realise the Bernina will take...
Forum: Main
04-11-2012, 04:53 AM
Replies: 62
Views: 7,216
Posted By Brabant

It helps enormously and in fact you are the final...

It helps enormously and in fact you are the final casting vote! I had a message very similar to yours from an English quilting forum: the Bernina has it! Just have to get the money together because...
Forum: Main
04-10-2012, 01:58 AM
Replies: 62
Views: 7,216
Posted By Brabant

Me too, Pfaff user for over 25 years but then...

Me too, Pfaff user for over 25 years but then they built them in Germany and believe me that says something: everything is so regulated, the machines would not dare go wrong! Now they build them in...
Forum: Main
04-10-2012, 01:53 AM
Replies: 62
Views: 7,216
Posted By Brabant

Yur two cents are well received. I have a...

Yur two cents are well received. I have a Babylock overlocker which I bought in the UK some 10+ years ago - a brilliant machine that does what is says on the tin. They are hard to find in Germany...
Forum: Main
04-10-2012, 01:51 AM
Replies: 62
Views: 7,216
Posted By Brabant

I am going to piece by hand: more fun and more...

I am going to piece by hand: more fun and more mobility when you live between two countries! It's quilting I need. What turns you off your expensive paperweight?
Forum: Main
04-09-2012, 09:17 AM
Replies: 62
Views: 7,216
Posted By Brabant

Thanks Candice. You make sense. And as you say,...

Thanks Candice. You make sense. And as you say, you are not hooked into one brand. I too would not say goodbye to my German built Pfaff 2144. As for the old tredle machines..... er not in use...
Forum: Main
04-09-2012, 08:24 AM
Replies: 62
Views: 7,216
Posted By Brabant

I have discovered that the manufacture of Pfaff...

I have discovered that the manufacture of Pfaff has moved from Germany to China. And that to me spells a drop in quality control. I have also done a comparison of the two machines on the website...
Forum: Main
04-09-2012, 06:59 AM
Replies: 62
Views: 7,216
Posted By Brabant

Ah a merger with Singer: that I did not know and...

Ah a merger with Singer: that I did not know and that explains a lot. Thanks Candace. Oh dear back to the drawing board!!! I don't need embroidery which means the 820 and not the 830: I guess they...
Forum: Main
04-09-2012, 06:56 AM
Replies: 62
Views: 7,216
Posted By Brabant

Just found a great website called Quiltbug.com. ...

Just found a great website called Quiltbug.com. I was actually trying to find out what the devil bottom weight thread is. They didn't answer that but they do have a list of all threads and which...
Forum: Main
04-09-2012, 06:43 AM
Replies: 62
Views: 7,216
Posted By Brabant

Thanks, another vote for Pfaff AND it will cost...

Thanks, another vote for Pfaff AND it will cost me less than the Bernina! I too have loved my Pfaffs over the years: I have a 2144 in Germany and a 2140 in France. Bought them when they were the...
Forum: Main
04-09-2012, 06:26 AM
Replies: 62
Views: 7,216
Posted By Brabant

Thanks Judith. To show my ignorance what on...

Thanks Judith. To show my ignorance what on earth is a bottom weight thread? Sounds a good tip if I could understand it!!
Forum: Main
04-09-2012, 06:25 AM
Replies: 62
Views: 7,216
Posted By Brabant

Thank you cheezy the quiltmaker, very helpful. ...

Thank you cheezy the quiltmaker, very helpful. Yes I am a Pfaff person. Sadly though they have completely changed the bobbin system for the newer models which means buying another 50+ bobbins! Yes...
Forum: Main
04-09-2012, 06:23 AM
Replies: 62
Views: 7,216
Posted By Brabant

Thank you thank you thank you. I just needed to...

Thank you thank you thank you. I just needed to hear positive feedback.
Forum: Main
04-08-2012, 11:47 PM
Replies: 62
Views: 7,216
Posted By Brabant

Question Advice please on which Quilter to buy

Hallo,
I am ready and willing to buy a second sewing machine mainly for quilting but also usable as a normal machine. This for me means the machine must have a wider work surface and be able to...
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