Best "work horse - no frills sewing machine"???
#61
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Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Ontario, Canada
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Originally Posted by QuiltswithConvicts
Ali, I had originally thought that a thread cutter was unnecessary . . . UNTIL . . . I got my 6600P. Now I can't live without it! It really saves on thread as you only are left with 1/2" tails. No more groping for the scissors somewhere under your work! :-) The knee lifter - well after 5 years, I'm getting better at putting it to use! My first sewing machine after getting married was a Singer Golden Touch 'n Sew in a desk cabinet. It had a knee bar that pushed on the foot pedal wedged into a holder. Even now, some 40 years later, I keep wanting the knee lifter to make the machine run!!! It's wonderful for appliqueing as you can keep your hands on your work & use your knee to lift the presser foot when you need to pivot.
I just got my Janome 6600P as well .. and I keep trying to make the machine go with the knee lifter too!!! Flashbacks to the old black Singer cabinet machine I learned on as a kid with the knee pedal instead of a foot pedal. When I got my first machine as an adult, I swore I'd never learn how to run it with a foot pedal .... and now, talk about confusion! :lol:
Proof positive ... Old habits die hard!!!!!!!
All in good time, I'll learn again. Right?
#66
Originally Posted by Plumtree
I like my Janome MC6600
It has the auto cutter and the auto down feature. It has a side bar for my leg to lift the pressure foot but I am kind of a short person; 5'3, and I have a hard time using that but otherwise I couldn't ask for much more.
I will be adding a Janome 300e or 350e in the near future, like for Christmas.
Happy Shopping
Tammy
It has the auto cutter and the auto down feature. It has a side bar for my leg to lift the pressure foot but I am kind of a short person; 5'3, and I have a hard time using that but otherwise I couldn't ask for much more.
I will be adding a Janome 300e or 350e in the near future, like for Christmas.
Happy Shopping
Tammy
LoriAnn
#70
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Central Willamette Valley, Oregon, USA
Posts: 7,695
Originally Posted by 4js
I have 3 featherweights - which I love but lately it seems that I have 1 or 2 in for repair all the time!! I use them to sew on ALWAYS!! My question is if you were investing in a "modern work horse" what would it be. I would like to have the thread cutter and needle up and down as part of the features. Is there such an animal??? 4js
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