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Comment by Janet/MO on June 12, 2019 at 10:54am

Here is a pic of another tote I made using a design from Sweet Pea.  Tulips are my favorite flower so I just had to make a tulip tote.  This one is smaller than the sewing one so I will probably use it more like a purse.

Comment by Janet/MO on June 12, 2019 at 10:53am

Here is a pic of a tote that I made partially on my embroidery machine & partially on my Pfaff.  The sewing motifs were made on my emb machine and they are available at SWPea.com which is the website for Sweet Pea.  I will warn those of you who have emb machines, but have never checked out Sweet Pea's website, be prepared to be overwhelmed!  They have some of the coolest designs you can find on the web!

Comment by Donna Coppin on June 8, 2019 at 6:49pm

Wow, Janis!  Your's is a lot fancier than mine!  Mine is manual, not computerized but I wanted a larger throat area than my Brother embroidery machine.  Makes it a lot easier to work with this new one.  Have fun playing with all the bells and whistles!

Comment by Donna Coppin on June 8, 2019 at 5:51pm

Wow, Janis!  Your's is a lot fancier than mine!  Mine is manual, not computerized but I wanted a larger throat area than my Brother embroidery machine.  Makes it a lot easier to work with this new one.  Have fun playing with all the bells and whistles!

Comment by Janis B / OH on June 8, 2019 at 1:59pm

I turned it on today and set the date, time, language and inches. So far that is as far as I've gotten. It is too big for my cabinet so now my DH is encouraging me to buy a new cabinet which will take a couple of weeks to get. So it's good my old machine still works so I can keep working on my quilt. I may try and embroider something first to test out the Droplight Embroidery Positioning foot. And I may have to test drive the last guide and V-Sonic Pen before I get back to my quilt.

Comment by Donna Coppin on June 8, 2019 at 11:08am

Thank you Janet!  Amen to the price and the space needed for a long arm!  My room is just not big enough and my wallet is not full enough!  :D

Janis, how do you like your Brother?  The extra space really does help with FMQ.  I've been looking at the Supreme Sliders and just using vinyl for it and might try the vinyl first to see if it works.

Comment by Janet/MO on June 8, 2019 at 9:01am

Thanks Donna.  I love your new machine.  My Pfaff has a larger throat area too and it makes machine quilting so much easier!  Much as I would love to have a longarm, I have neither the money nor the space for one so this is the next best thing.  

Comment by Janis B / OH on June 8, 2019 at 7:04am

Donna, great machine. My new Brother is a little smaller in the throat as it is 11.25" X 5" but I'm hoping to try some free motion. 

I set it in the opening in my cabinet and it fits but there is little space around it so I don't see how I can get a plastic insert around it without making the opening bigger. I'm going to have to figure that out if and how I can do that because I'm itching to get to sewing.

Comment by Donna Coppin on June 7, 2019 at 5:16pm

Janet, I love your table runner, so bright and cheery!  

I just got a new machine on Wednesday, a Babylock Jazz II.  I had been wanting a machine with a larger throat and this is 12.5 inches.  I actually started quilting one of my older quilts yesterday and it sews like a dream!  I love it!  Sew much easier to work with a large throat area! 

 

Comment by Janet/MO on June 7, 2019 at 4:56pm

I finally bought a new insert for my Koala cabinet.  This time is came in 2 parts; one for the front of the machine & one for the back.  My dealer asked me to take a digital pic & e-mail it to her because she had never seen that before.

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