fabric mover

I've tried it several times, but don't want it. The actual mover is great, can be controlled with 1 finger. The stitch regulator is a joke(IMHO). It works wonderfully with the little light-weight samples they use, but I took in a full size quilt and tried it. Your hands control the speed. The foot pedal is the off-on switch. I really couldn't tell much difference compared to free motion, except for me, free motion is easier. If I slowed down, the machine took tiny stitches, speed up and the stitches got longer. I couldn't see that the stitch regulator did much at all. Certainly not $1200's worth!!! Gen

I've seen it, I've tried it and it isn't worth it. basically it is an attachment that hooks to the machine. It has an opening about 8" (??) square that you maneuver around to free motion, then have to move the attachment under the fabric to a new area. Not real easy to use at all. :((

Pati, > hi all - did you receive your Joann's flyer with the Husqvarna insert? Has

oh darn there I was hopefully reading this thinking someone was sending a fabric mover around to give me fabric.

it's coffee time... it's finally at drinking temperature - the first gulp of the day is the best!

I tried it in Houston, Sharon, and I'll pass. That little "tray" that the quilt sits on is tiny, so you constantly have to stop to reposition the tray under a new section of quilt. It's easy enough to do, but it's inconvenient to have to stop so often. I wasn't impressed.

I used this at a quilt show. It worked well, but I thought it was awkward because you could only do the small area that fit on the tray. Then you had to stop and move the next piece of fabric to the tray. It would be great for stippling on small areas, difficult when doing borders or larger quilting designs. I was waiting for the accustitcher to start shipping and reading reviews, but I understand the company is in the process of reorganizing because it couldn't keep production up with demand.

L>hi all - did you receive your Joann's flyer with the Husqvarna insert? Has

for those who are interested in reading bout and theres a video of the accu stitcher...

just did a google and found it after reading Lindas mention of it.i see they are in Bellingham , WA. maybe someone up that way can go test it out onsite and report back in on it. tho i guess we'd still have to wait for them to get back up to full production speed, eh. cheers, jeanne

Sharon, I tried the fabric mover at the Houston show. I thought it worked very well on the small sample quilt they had for us to play on. It slid around very easily so if this is a problem someone has with regular quilting they might find they like the ease of the fabric mover. I was confused about how to move it once I had filled the area but it was easy once I was shown how. Different than just quilting wherever? Sure, but I don't think it's so complicated that it would take hours of practice. I had no problems getting nice even stitches. My friend had more trouble. We are all different after all. I did like that it used a regular freemotion quilting foot so visibility was great.

Some posts have said they like the Bernina foot better. Well, we tried that too. It's a whole different animal from the fabric mover. You are still moving your quilt around on your own. The foot hooks into the machine and is a large cone sort of shape. It is a stitch regulator (like the fabric mover) so you have beautiful even stitches. However, because of its large size you have to plan which direction you do your designs so you can see what you are doing. Some directions the foot really blocks visibility.

Everything has something to get used to :-)

Honestly, I wouldn't pay the money for either of them without spending some time test driving them myself first to be sure it really worked the way I work. The suggestion to bring a larger piece to test drive with is a good one as quilting always seems easy with something only 12 inches square.

marcella

Yup -- that's the one, Pat. I'm glad I tried it, though, because I was curious.

Howdy! Ricky Tim's new co-star?

btw, your posts are showing up w/ an attachment; is it just iMac/Entourage getting this?

Ragmop/Sandy--moving plenty of fabric on my own, thanks ;-D