petthefabric

The brother 1500 so is mechanical. Doesn’t have speed regulator. But it has fabric feeding feature that’s way more important to me. Why is speed regulator important?

cashs_mom

Okay. I was looking for the specific ones you cited. That's okay. Nevermind

Fabric Hound

I want a speed regulator because I have a quilt pattern I want to make and it needs to be machine appliqued to the square.

Three Dog Night

I looked at the Juki TL2010 and the Janome HD9 before I purchased the Juki. Difference for me was the Janome did not drop the feed dogs you have to buy a special plate that covers them. Yes the bobbin holds more thread but the price difference and lack of dropping feed dogs made Juki my choice.

cashs_mom

That would have done it for me. I mostly use my Juki for FMQ

thimblebug6000

Maybe we are using different words to describe what you are looking for? I do lots of machine appliqué and not sure I would want a speed regulator on it. If your piece is curved like for instance a flower, you would want to be able to stop and start in the spots where your needle would be down on the outside curves. Sorry if I am misunderstanding what you are looking for.

Fabric Hound

I am wanting to make the pattern Starburst by Me and My Sister Designs. Donna Jordan has a tutorial on this pattern on her Youtube at Jordan Fabrics. It has to be machine appliqued and I have never done that before and I would imagine I would want to go around those blocks slowly. I am not making a table runner like she made. I am doing a full sized quilt.

thimblebug6000

Just looked at that pattern, very nice! Well my machine is a Husqvarna Sapphire and it has a button that I can control how fast or how slow it goes. Is that what you are looking for? A stitch regulator is usually used when doing machine quilting.