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[Mrs Webmuppet]

I need to buy a new sewing machine as my trusty mini sewing machine can't do quilting ( you can't get a walking foot for it).

 

Do I:

 

1, Go to my nearest shop ( in Bury St Edmunds- 40 mins drive away) and buy a branded model ( at around £200 including a walking foot)

 

2, buy a no name machine from http://www.jsm-distributordirect.com/ and a generic walking foot (this is the cheapest option)

 

3, buy a Bernina through the quilting shop and take advantage of of the free lessons/ support available through the shop ( and have to save up for a bit longer)

 

Words of wisdom gratefully recieved...................

[Snowy]

If you can afford it, and you plan on still sewing in your dotage I'd go for the Bernina. You'll never need to look at another machine

[Plum]

Buy your local one and keep saving girl

[Valkyrie]

Hmmmm free lessons sounds very tempting. My quilt teacher had a Bernina - yonks old and she loves it.

[Mrs Webmuppet]

Hi

 

After much deliberation I decided that I really couldn't justify spending £700 on a Bernina so I bought a Jenome Jem Platinum that came with a free lesson and free quilting kit (all the feet and a clip on table thingy) from the shop in Bury St Edmunds ( the staff were lovely too).

 

I got to have a play with the demo model and it was lovely, loads of fancy stitches and runs really smoothly.LMW also had a go and declared it fantastic (she's very excited 'cause she will get the mini sewing machine)

[Valkyrie]

It sounds just as good - I am rather biased - I now have 2 Janomes, one old-ish but good for simple things, and one with a bigger hole so I can get the quilt under it. The quilting one never really worked properly until I took it to a different dealer and it now is an absolute dream.

[Snowy]

Sounds like a good compromise! I love my Janome Have fun with it!

[Plum]

and what have you made now

[Mrs Webmuppet]

Sadly I haven't had chance to play with it yet- work has got in the way. I am going to sign up for a quilting course to learn up to quilt properly now I have the machine and all the feet for quilting.

[Valkyrie]

You'll have fun on the course - it's not too bad and I think you'll get the hang of it very quickly, but when you do it at home I would have a practice with a bit of paper first to get used to it again. And don't do what I did - stare at it without blinking till my eyes watered!