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03-31-2010, 08:51 AM

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Oklahoma Suzie

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Join Date: Aug 2008

Location: Home town: Rehoboth, MA Now living in OK

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Hello and welcome from Oklahoma.

03-31-2010, 09:27 AM

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Quilter7x

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Join Date: Dec 2009

Location: north east

Posts: 8,394

Hello and welcome from the north east. Good luck finding a machine that you can quilt with. I see you started a thread in the Main section that has gotten some helpful comments already. http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-41298-1.htm

In my search for a machine that has good stitches for stippling, I have decided on a used Bernina. Haven't bought one yet, but have been looking at the prices of them on eBay and Googling information about them.

03-31-2010, 09:36 AM

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pocoellie

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Join Date: Apr 2007

Location: Alturas, CA

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There are lots of good sewing machines for the amount of money you want to spend. The Handi Quilter is a long arm machine, you just want a good sewing machine I think. I like the elna Quilter's Dream, a lot of the people on board like Janome, Pfaff, Bernina, etc., the last two are a little more pricey for me. It also depends on what features you're looking for. One thing though, I would stay away from the low end Singers. They're not the machines they used to be. I, personally, would recommend that you go to a dealer that has several brands and test drive the ones you would be interested in. I'm sure you'll get lots of help on board and I want to welcome you. There's lots of friendly, talented people on board who will help in any way they can.

04-01-2010, 05:31 AM

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Debra Mc

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Join Date: Apr 2007

Location: East Texas

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Originally Posted by CyndiKinney

Hi. I'm Cyndi, and I live in Louisiana. I am NOT a seamstress, by any stretch of the word....but I'm fascinated by quilts. My neighbor, who is quite a bit older than I am, has been teaching me all about quilts. She is an elderly lady and does everything by hand. I have made a couple of quilts by piecing the tops together on my VERY cheap Brother sewing machine and then hand quilting them.

However, now I have some extra money and would like to get a really good quilting machine. I called a local sewing machine store, and they told me that they would recommend the Handi Quilter Sixteen, which is $8,000.00!!!! I DON'T have THAT much money! LOL! I don't really want to spend over $2000.00, but I don't know what kind of machine to get or where to get it.

I'd love some advice from all of you quilting pros!

Thanks in advance!
Cyndi
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Hi Cyndi. Welcome from East Texas. I have a Babylock Quilter's Choice Professional. I dearly love it. Has a big throat for quilting & free motion quilting. Also has the 1/4 in foot for piecing & a bunch of other stuff. Check it out. Also it will fit into one of those frames like the Pinnacle by Grace.