Did Your New Machine Transform Your Quilting?
08-22-2011, 07:52 AM
#31
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It made a huge difference for me. The machine sewed so poorly (tension issues, stitch length, etc) that I actually hated sewing. When I got a new machine (just happened to be digital) it did such a wonderful job that I remembered how much I loved to sew.
Whether the machine is mechanical or digital is less important than whether or not it sews well. You have to find the machine that you love to sew on.
Whether the machine is mechanical or digital is less important than whether or not it sews well. You have to find the machine that you love to sew on.
08-22-2011, 07:54 AM
#32
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Yes, it made a tremendous difference! I have my mom's Singer 100 which is ok for piecing.... and great for grandchildren to begin on. I've had an old Viking cam style (was the "best" when it came out and great for sewing clothes), then a Baby Lock which I got because a quilting friend (I was a beginner) liked hers so much... BUT she is a machine piecer and a hand quilter! The Baby Lock died on me (burned it out). The repairman man told me the best repair record on mid-priced machine (Bernina is out of my range) was the Jannome 6600 (this was a couple of years at least ago). I can do anything I've thought of doing with it. I'm in hog heaven!
08-22-2011, 10:48 AM
#33
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Yes and it made me walk on water also LOL All kidding aside a machine can only do what you can do. I have basic machines and fancy dancy ones too but I am still me and no mach8ien is going to change that. Wish they could...
08-22-2011, 11:36 AM
#35
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Originally Posted by wishfulthinking
Just wondering. If you went from and older mechanical machine to a new computerized one, did your quilting drastically improve? Or if you just upgraded to a really nice machine, did you drastically improve? Was your new machine transformational? If so, why do you think?
08-22-2011, 11:38 AM
#36
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I took an 8-week course to cover all basics of quilting. We used the book "Machine Quilting Made Easy" by Maureen Noble. That improved my confidence level. IF I actually practiced - now THAT would improve my skills. The sewing machine helps though and my Baby Lock is a smooth operator.
08-22-2011, 02:08 PM
#37
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The big change for me was getting the larger throat opening so I can get more quilt into it for machine quilting. Also the automatic thread cutter is a time saver as well as a thread saver. I think this one will do me for a long time to come. Its a Pfaff Expressions 4.0 Jan
08-23-2011, 07:07 AM
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Originally Posted by Scissor Queen
There was an instant and dramatic improvement in my piecing when I went from an old Montgomery Wards machine to a new Pfaff 2030. You couldn't sew a straight quarter inch seam on the Wards machine, you had to sort of sew at an angle. Even the quarter inch foot didn't help on that machine. It always made a groaning sound with the quarter inch foot on it.
I can't free motion on the Pfaff but I can straight line quilt on it with no problems because of the built in walking foot.
I can't free motion on the Pfaff but I can straight line quilt on it with no problems because of the built in walking foot.
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