long arm quilting
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: howell, Mi
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Thanks for all the good advise. I don't want a job more than I want a long arm. I am retired and loving it. I am also getting old. Not there yet, but getting there. Some days I think I'm there, but then I get my second wind. The quilt store where I use the long arm had a sign in the window for help wanted. For a very brief minute I thought "that would be fun". Then my sense came back. "Are you out of your mind?" I will keep the Bailey's machine in mind. Thanks
Sue
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Clay Springs AZ
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I could never afford a long arm but found that I could afford the second best idea.
Buy a good table with a cheap straigt stitch machine and a stitch regulator. It runs about $2000. If I ever have the money for a long arm machine at least I will already have the table and the straight stitch is a great machine for piecing.
The only problem with this set up is the small area you can quilt. A 4 or 5 in pantogram is all you can use.
Its a good beginner system.
Buy a good table with a cheap straigt stitch machine and a stitch regulator. It runs about $2000. If I ever have the money for a long arm machine at least I will already have the table and the straight stitch is a great machine for piecing.
The only problem with this set up is the small area you can quilt. A 4 or 5 in pantogram is all you can use.
Its a good beginner system.
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