Please Advise-want to buy Longarm
#14
I have been researching longarm machines and have decided that I will purchase one within the next 3-6 months. My delima is this - should I start out with a 16" throat, and then later (maybe 2-5 years down the road) move up in size, or should I go ahead and buy an 18 or 20" and then just be done. I love quilting, have been quilting for years, and plan to quilt as long as possible (I am 51 years old) so I do think that I'd have several years to use one. I have quilted on my domestic machine and find that it hurts my back to pin baste, so that is one reason I'd like to get a long arm. Right now I have 7 quilt tops that are finished and ready for quilting.......Yikes! Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
#17
I think it depends on what you are going to do with it. I make quilts for myself and charity. I have no desire to turn my hobby into a job. I bought a used HQ16 for a very reasonable price. I had tried new ones and knew I liked this machine.
It does not even have a stitch regulator and I am fine with that. I just do edge to edge type patterns free hand across the front of the machine. I quilt about 100 quits per year on it.
It does not even have a stitch regulator and I am fine with that. I just do edge to edge type patterns free hand across the front of the machine. I quilt about 100 quits per year on it.
#19
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If you have back issues I highly recommend using zippers to attach your quilt to the leaders. You can sit to put on (and take off) the pins saving a lot time not being on your feet. Even without back issues I think zippers are far superior to any other method just from an efficiency stand point.
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