Bought a FabuMotion at the Long Beach Quilt Show this summer. I need a lot of practice with it. Today I got an e-mail from the local Viking store. They are offering a class for the FabuMotion. At two of their stores they are charging $50 for a 2 hour class, at one store they have it for free. Since I can afford to pay for free, signed my gf and I up. It is not until 2/24, but I will let ya all know how my free class goes and how I do with the free motioning on it.
Debbi in SO CA
FabuMotion: catchy name. Is that like the BAR at Bernina? Or maybe the table thing at Pfaff? Whatever, I am glad you will have the opportunity for free free-motion instruction! PAT
Please do, Debbie...i was going to buy one also,but i wasnt sure about the learning curve. i also am in the process of drawing up plans for a new sewing area, so, hopefully i can have a flat sewing area with my machine in the table and not use the portable machine as much. making for a better surface.
amy in CNY
Pat the Fabumotion is the "free motion/ stitch regulator" add on for either Pfaff or Viking. I tried it, didn't like it at all. (YMMV) Some people seem to have good luck using it, some don't .
Have fun, Pati, > FabuMotion: catchy name. Is that like the BAR at Bernina? Or maybe the ta= ble
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I don't like it at all either. I'm assuming a lot of people don't. There's always one or more for sale on the Sewitsforsale Yahoo group. Gen
Have fun, Pati, > FabuMotion: catchy name. Is that like the BAR at Bernina? Or maybe the > table
Good point. These have been around for a couple of years and haven't really caught on. Not a lot of dealers even carry them. Viking is really hawking the 12" one now, but Viking has never seen an add-on they didn't love. (Ka-ching!)
Tools like this are usually geared for the beginner. Having a helper removes some of their fear and trepidation. Once they "get" how simple FMQ is, they then don't need these kind of tools anymore. If fact, as your skill set builds, they get in the way. But I'm for anything that gives the quilter enough courage to get started. HST, I hope it isn't so cumbersome that it has the opposite effect. If it makes the process too difficult or too complicated, many will be convinced that can't FMQ because the tool "didn't work."
I remember my first foray into applique. There were freezer paper templates, basting around shapes, and a whole lot of prep work before I even started sewing. By the time I started sewing, I was already exhausted. I was certain that I hated appliqué. Then Annette Cosis taught me needleturn and a whole new world opened for me. Appliqué has become my favorite technique. I don't even mind freezer paper templates anymore, now that I understand and enjoy the process.
anthony in Clearwater.
Gen wrote:
Thanks, Pati. Yeah, that is what I figured! Last time I went to Houston Show (2006 I think ... you were there and so was Jeanne) Sandy F and I went together to the Pfaff booth to test it. Neither of us liked it at all, but then we only did a five minute test drive! I do hope that Debbi enjoys hers, and that the learning curve is smooth. It is interesting to hear about the different options. PAT in VA/USA
Have fun, Pati, in Phx
I usually hate to comment on the FabuMotion, since I'm not a Pfaff-user. However, I clearly remember that test drive with Pat in Houston that year. I expected to like the FM, and I *really* expected Pat to like it, since she uses a Pfaff. We were both disappointed -- but, as she says, it was only a very short experience. Things may be different over the long term, and the FM may have been improved since then, too. :)
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