My wife has made do all these years with older hand-me-down machines.If she ever had a new one, it was long ago and a cheap one. backthen, though, she didn't do much sewing except for making and mendingclothes.Now she's discovered the joys of quilting. But her machine isn'treally up to the task of lots of piecing, going through the sandwich,and long runs in the ditch (much less trying anything fancier). Andshe's just really getting into it, but the machine can be sofrustrating!So I'd like to see if me and the kids (all of whom are now older thanshe was when she married me!) can pool together and get her a newdecent machine for Christmas. Nothing computerized and complicated,but capable of handling 'most anything she wants to do. She's tryingto finish her second quilt right now - and has realized that maybe sheneeds to do some smaller projects to get more confident beforetackling another big one. And she loves doing pot holders (she's gotthe "Pretty Little ... " book series).What machines would y'all recommend?Ed

I've heard good things about the Janome 6600, and I think that's one I'dlook for if I needed a new machine. On the other hand, I've been really happy with my Husqvarna for many years and would probably check them out too. I'm sure you'll get a lot of recommendations from others on just about every make of machine available.Once you get your recommendations and decide on your top choices within your price range, please take your wife to the various dealers to let her try each one so she can make the final decision. She can take along mini quilts so she can see how each feeds through the machine to ensure it does what she wants it to do. And she also may find some features she just can't live without!Good luck, and thanks for being so good to your lovely wife!-Louise in Iowanieland1390@mchsi dot comEd from AZ wrote:-

Howdy!Once you've found the Janome,you can quit looking.;-)R/Sandy On 6/1/10 12:56 PM, in article "Ed fromAZ" wrote:

A new machine for my quilter?

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Ed from AZ 16 years ago

Okay - in our travels to San Diego, CA, we visited Rosie's Calico Cupboard. They're a Janome dealer. We talked to the manager quite a bit, and she recommended the Janome DC2010

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as being suitable for herneeds and in our price range. (We also visited a Bernina dealer, butthe machines were priced quite a bit too high for us.) Whatcha think? Is there a different machine in the same general price range you would recommend we look at?

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Leslie& The Furbabies in MO. 16 years ago

I've been very pleased with all my Janomes. This appears to have what a quilter needs- the needle up/down being a biggie in my opinion. I'd advise buying the walking foot and free motion/darning foot and 1/4 in. seam foot. Insist the dealer throw them in for free after you make your best deal on the machine- hey, you can try. The only thing that I would like in addition to the 2010s features would be the larger throat space... but that would involve spending quite a bit more $$$. She can trade up as her 'addiction' to quilting grows.

Good choice- I approve! ;-)

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

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Sandy E 16 years ago

Howdy!

Once you've found the Janome, you can quit looking.

;-)

R/Sandy

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IEZ 16 years ago

Seconded!

Iris the Rebel

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