Originally Posted by
CaleyH
IceLeopard, Wow! What a machine! Is this one of those computerized models that you just program, set your quilt up, and then let it quilt by itself? I've heard there are such machines, just never seen one in operation on YouTube.
Oh, no! No room in the house for such a machine, and no room in the budget -- they run $15,000 - $20,000. The sit-down Sweet 16 is like a sewing machine with a big throat (about 9 inches high by 16 inches deep), except it has no feed dogs. The quilter moves the quilt sandwich and in the older models like mine, the speed you move the fabric determines your stitch length. It does have a few more bells and whistles, like the ability to pre-set sewing speed.