I'm in Janome Geronimo overload with photos

I'm back from a several day hiatus of playing with my new Janome 6600P that my daughter named Geronimo. Man, what a machine! I've sewed, pushed buttons, fiddled with just about every stitch offered, made samples and got a good start on a new quilt besides. This one was on the cover of last years Feb. issue of Fons and Porter magazine. I cut back on the size but didn't change anything else as far as the pattern went. It's my first try at hand applique and probably will be the last (but I had to try it once). These old arthritic fingers can't handle hand work very well. I'll post a couple of photos of the quilt in progress and will add a photo of it completed when I get it done. I didn't realize how much I was struggling with my old machine until I used my new one. What a world of difference. Donna

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All I can say is WOW!!!!!! What a great job. Love the quilt.

Kate T. South Mississippi

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Roberta

I love the colors in that quilt, Donna. And for a first try at hand applique, I'd say it's a success. Beautiful!

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Louise in Iowa

What a wonderful creation, Donna. Great that you blended red and yellow so beautifully. ( I think every quilt needs at least a little yellow.) Now. Let's talk about arthritis / Geronimo. I went over and checked out the Janome you have. It looks like that wonder can do everything. With nearly no practice, I'll bet you can do some 1st class SM appliqué. Just fold a long strip of something on another long strip so you have a turned-under edge to experiment with. The stitch you want looks like this: ---^---. You may have to use the 'turn-over' button to have it going the right way. Set the bite to nearly nothing. Use a thread that matches the appliqué, matches the background or even one that disappears such as Invisifil. You want the straight stitches to be off on the background and the little bite to catch just a couple of threads. It's fun. Polly

"Louise in Iowa" I love the colors in that quilt, Donna. And for a first try at hand

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Polly Esther

What wonderful happy colors! And be very proud of yourself- hearts are not the easiest shape to try appliqué for the first time. You did a superb job on them!

And I am also madly in love with my Janome 6600- what a great machine!

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

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Leslie& The Furbabies in MO.

Are you doing appliqué on the quilt after it's completely pieced and quilted? If so, I can understand how that would be really hard on the hands. I think it would be easier to do the appliqué on each block before assembling and quilting the quilt -- not nearly as much bulk to work with.

Julia > I'm back from a several day hiatus of playing with my new Janome 6600P

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Julia in MN

Roberta, the wide red border is from Mary Englebreit for Moda, Pattern # 18021. For once I saved the selvage..lol. Thank you, Donna

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dealer83

That's beautiful! Great job!

Donna, I have to ask, what is that gorgeous border fabric? I LOVE paisleys.

Cindy

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Teleflora

Polly, I've been working on a test block of a sheep with machine applique now. I have the stitch on the machine, so it was fairly simple to dial in the right size stitch. I do have a question on the wide satin stitch that I used for the legs that made the muslin block pucker. I'll post another thread on that with photos when I get time. Thank you for your post! Donna

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dealer83

You need stabilizer for preventing that pucker- and maybe adjust your tension just a week bit.

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

Polly, I've been working on a test block of a sheep with machine applique now. I have the stitch on the machine, so it was fairly simple to dial in the right size stitch. I do have a question on the wide satin stitch that I used for the legs that made the muslin block pucker. I'll post another thread on that with photos when I get time. Thank you for your post! Donna

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Leslie& The Furbabies in MO.

Julia, yeah, I did that on purpose even though the pattern called to applique before quilting. I wanted to quilt the whole thing with a grid pattern first and not have it go through the hearts. I could have done it after the hearts were on but I would have been stopping and starting everytime I got to heart. Too much diddly work for impatient me. Each heart gets a machine echo line running around it inside and I have a few more of those to do and I'll be DONE. Boy, I like done! : ) Donna

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dealer83

To all my quilting friends...a big THANK YOU for the nice compliments. It means so much! Donna

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dealer83

I really like your quilt! I usually like brights, but the pastels with the bright border speaks to me. I wish we could see more of the whole quilt!

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Kiteflyer

I like this quilt very much - and that's from someone who would avoid anything 'heart shaped'.

I also really like appliquéing after quilting. It means you can do patterns like grids without having to stop at the appliqué piece on every line - all those starts and finishes! I find it easier than appliquéing onto the fabric alone. Somehow, the fact that there is batting there helps me to get the needle in and out without worrying about being pierced! This helps my technique! It's OK with hand quilting (which, if I were able), I would find beneficial in many ways, especially with patterns that, with the machine, require lots of stops and starts. . In message , dealer83 writes

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Patti

For those of you that own Janome 6600P, would you mind if I asked what it cost? I have a niece that is in the market for one. AND she is taking QUILTING CLASSES cause of the quilts I made her family!

Butterfly (Proud Aunt)

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Butterflywings

I *think* they retail for around $1500. I had a trade-in when I bought mine, so that always muddies the waters. There will be some late model used

6600s out there soon since Janome is introducing a brand new machine in April- it's specifically designed for quilters, too. I'm sure a lot of folks will be trading their 6600s for the new one when it's available. HTH

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

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Leslie& The Furbabies in MO.

Thanks for the quick reply.

Butterfly

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Butterflywings

That's beautiful! I love the colors. And words cannot express how jealous I am of your getting that new machine. :-)

ep

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Edna Pearl

Thanks everyone! This machine was "on sale" for $1250 and came with an extra free motion foot and the extra free motion bobbin case. I've found them cheaper on the internet from dealers, as low as $799, but then you'd have to pay shipping. My biggest consideration was to have a good dealership with in home repair if it was needed. That was more important to me than finding the cheapest price.

On a side note, when I went to the store and got a demonstration the first time, my husband went with me and sat and watched. He was sitting next to the Janome that Marie Osmond has her name on and the price tag was $5995.00! My hubby almost fell off his chair when he saw the price and was muttering that he could buy a good used car for that! lol I guess he could. I really feel inspired to sew now. Donna

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