All I can say is WOW on topic

Joanna · 2010-01-04T17:35:27+00:00

One of my surrogate kids who is 13 just received a very good Janome for xmas. Her mom says auntie was at a trade show and thought she would like it. This is her first sewing machine. Auntie spent more then $800 on it.This is so wrong in so many ways. I think that's way too much to spend on a child that may or may not ever even use the machine. It took me over 12yrs of sewing to justify spending $800 on my machine. Now her mom who has very limited sight is trying to find someone to come into their home and show her how to sew something small to get her used to the machine. Which hopefully she will find someone. Glad she has a smart mom, but auntie could use a slap. This auntie figures if she spends the money that will make up for the time she doesn't spend with the kids.So I hope she at least learns to use the machine properly and maybe one day she will like it and branch out from hemming and the small stuff. Still waiting for pics of the machine but not holding my breath. The 13 doesn't think sending pics is a priority.Joanna

Jan 04, 2010 25 Replies

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Michelle C. 16 years ago

LOL Sandy! I WILL NEVER tell you when I'm leaving the house! ;-)

The Juki is awesome. With that company's main focus on industrial machines, this one is sturdy. It's also very quiet and sews a lovely stitch. Right now, I'm working on the throw quilt for a friend that I started on my Kenmore. Straight stitching, but doing things like boxes and stars. The extra room in the Juki harp makes this soooo much easier to do.

I have experimented a bit with free motion on practice pieces--and NO eyelashes! Woo-hoo! I now realize the problem I was having with the Kenmore is that it simply wouldn't go slow enough for me to move the fabric in sync with the machine. No problem on the Juki (although it will stitch 1500 stitches per minute if I wanted it to). Now, I just have to learn to "drive" to do FMQ properly. The machine does everything it should.

I LOVE IT! :-) Michelle > Howdy!

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Michelle C. 16 years ago

Piggybacking myself here. I forgot to mention the thread trimmer. What a time saver!

Michelle > LOL Sandy! I WILL NEVER tell you when I'm leaving the house! ;-) >

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Pat in Virginia 16 years ago

Sandy: Your experiences are so like my own that I could have written your letter! I figure good tools are good to have. I also figure that if the aunt is happy to spend the money and since the parents of the girl are okay with it, that is their business. Pat in Virginia PS: I actually traded a FW for a Riccar just to have that zig zag!! ARG.

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lynne in toronto 16 years ago

Yes, I could not take this on as I don't have a car. But thanks for thinking of me.

Lynne > She lives in Oshawa, Ontario. So sorry your too far away. Anyone else

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amy in CNY 16 years ago

Oh...Sandy! I love my White 999. She's just turned 29 and does the nicest stitches ever. Except for the tiny Lint in the Pedal problem i had a few months ago,,never a problem w/her!

I really would like a new machine and table set up so i could FM better! But i can't do anything till the house is sold!

amy in CNY

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Bonnie Patterson 16 years ago

I concur, one of my guild mates bought a "school model Singer" at one of those sales, it sounds like a thrashing machine. We were sharing a table at a workshop one day and the table was practically walking from the shaking that that machine was doing. She said that she bought it to do things like our workshop because her main machine was so heavy to take on the road and that the "school model Singer", was a big disappointment, and heavy too.

We have since decided that the if you can't get an old "featherweight" then the Janome Gem gold/heart is a good alternative.

Bonnie, in Middletown, VA

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