Advice Please? New machine needed
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Hello ladies! It has been too long since I've been here, so long I forgot my info and had to create a new account! Never again will I wait so long.
My old, cheap Brother machine died on me in the middle of a project and I am looking to get a new one since both my interest in quilting and my sewing in genereal have picked up. Unfortunately I only have about $200 to spend on a machine. I also have all, I mean all, the Brother feet due to a very generous lady from this quilting board, so I'd like to stick with Brother if I can. I've heard that the CS6000i is a decent low end quilting machine. Any help and/or advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you!
My old, cheap Brother machine died on me in the middle of a project and I am looking to get a new one since both my interest in quilting and my sewing in genereal have picked up. Unfortunately I only have about $200 to spend on a machine. I also have all, I mean all, the Brother feet due to a very generous lady from this quilting board, so I'd like to stick with Brother if I can. I've heard that the CS6000i is a decent low end quilting machine. Any help and/or advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you!
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I've seen quite a few quilt board members make positive comments about this machine, and the Amazon reviews of it are good also:
http://www.amazon.com/Brother-Featur...dp/B000JQM1DE/
http://www.amazon.com/Brother-Featur...dp/B000JQM1DE/
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Do you have a Costco card? They have a Brother Sewing/Quilting machine for $169.00. It comes with the detachable table - and I am not sure what all else - for some reason it keeps kicking me out. But then I was not signed in at the time.
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Ok after my problems with my old Brother and reading up on problems with the CS6000i, I think I may want to look at different brands. I had horrible tension issues even with high quality thread and the correct bobbins. I had really bad bunching of the top thread on the back side. Expensive when you're using high quality thread as it's a problem that's not always noticable right away. Anyway, that my new insight.
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Hello ladies! It has been too long since I've been here, so long I forgot my info and had to create a new account! Never again will I wait so long.
My old, cheap Brother machine died on me in the middle of a project and I am looking to get a new one since both my interest in quilting and my sewing in genereal have picked up. Unfortunately I only have about $200 to spend on a machine. I also have all, I mean all, the Brother feet due to a very generous lady from this quilting board, so I'd like to stick with Brother if I can. I've heard that the CS6000i is a decent low end quilting machine. Any help and/or advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you!
My old, cheap Brother machine died on me in the middle of a project and I am looking to get a new one since both my interest in quilting and my sewing in genereal have picked up. Unfortunately I only have about $200 to spend on a machine. I also have all, I mean all, the Brother feet due to a very generous lady from this quilting board, so I'd like to stick with Brother if I can. I've heard that the CS6000i is a decent low end quilting machine. Any help and/or advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you!
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