Mid-Arm Sit Down Quilting Machines
#11
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Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: Blue Ridge Mountians
Posts: 7,075
can you share with us what you paid? (ballpark). It is so hard to find "competitive pricing" when no one will tell you unless you go to a dealer and they are 2 1/2 hours away in opposite directions.
#16
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Cedar Falls, IA
Posts: 918
I have had my Sweet 16 for a number of years, and I still enjoy it. I totally understand about having the fabric in your hands. I was lucky that I was able to spend 2 hours at a long arm manufacturer trying their machines. I just didn’t enjoy the process, so I went with the sit down. As for making a sandwich, I use spray basting on small quilts. I get my DH to help, and it works well. For bigger quilts I take them to a long armed who bastes them with water soluble thread in a grid about 3x3”.
#17
Juki now has a sit down model of their JukiQVP (Quilt Virtuoso Pro). One thing it does that other machines do not is cut the thread for you. I love that feature on my Juki2010Q.... I plan to look for a dealer when I'm at a quilt show next month and see if I can 'test drive' the QVP.
#18
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Pennsylvania
Posts: 619
I bought the Babylock Tiara about 4 or 5 year ago, I love it! I also researched them for several months & then we had a Sewing Expo near me so I spent the 3 days it was here trying out all the sit down models there. The Babylock Tiara is the same as the Sweet 16, and a Pfaff (can't remember the name) so I went with the dealer who gave me the best price, luckily that dealer just a mile from me. I liked the stitch regular better on a different model but the foot pedal was difficult for me, the manufacturer was there & said they couldn't modify the pedal. I'm nearly 80 and have bad knees so needed to go with the one I could operate. No regrets, have done many quilts on it, hate to stop once I get started.
#20
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Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Va.
Posts: 5,753
Juki now has a sit down model of their JukiQVP (Quilt Virtuoso Pro). One thing it does that other machines do not is cut the thread for you. I love that feature on my Juki2010Q.... I plan to look for a dealer when I'm at a quilt show next month and see if I can 'test drive' the QVP.
Rob
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