My little quilter has a birthday coming up
09-04-2010, 06:52 PM
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So my daughter's birthday is coming up and she will be officially 6. She really wants a sewing machine and I feel she deserves one. I don't want to get her a toy, seeing as she's started her 3rd quilt and really has a gift for quilting. She's been practicing free motion quilting...WOW! Any ideas on a good machine for about $100.00? I will say, she's works on my expensive machine and she is very mature and respectful while sewing.
09-04-2010, 07:16 PM
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Originally Posted by tortoisethreads
So my daughter's birthday is coming up and she will be officially 6. She really wants a sewing machine and I feel she deserves one. I don't want to get her a toy, seeing as she's started her 3rd quilt and really has a gift for quilting. She's been practicing free motion quilting...WOW! Any ideas on a good machine for about $100.00? I will say, she's works on my expensive machine and she is very mature and respectful while sewing.
09-04-2010, 07:58 PM
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that's so great. my son started at 7 on my machine. i bought him a cheapo and he hated it. he talked me into lettin him have mine and me into a 3700.00 emb sewing machine (he's 20 now). Look out world, here she comes, we have a quilter on our hands that's going to show us how to do it the kid way!!!!
YAAAAAAHOOOOOOO!!!!!
YAAAAAAHOOOOOOO!!!!!
09-04-2010, 08:40 PM
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The "Hello Kitty" is a 3/4-size Janome. Target and Sears online both have it for about $110 (as does Overstock.com). Here is a link to one:
http://www.target.com/gp/detail.html...00B8WSJ2&AFID=
There is another "Hello Kitty" that is a 1/2-size version for less money and is not recommended.
If she would prefer, I think you can get basically the same machine in plain white at Sears for about the same cost.
The 3/4 size Janome is a real machine, not a toy. The Gem series of Janome machines is similar but come with more bells and whistles and a higher price.
http://www.target.com/gp/detail.html...00B8WSJ2&AFID=
There is another "Hello Kitty" that is a 1/2-size version for less money and is not recommended.
If she would prefer, I think you can get basically the same machine in plain white at Sears for about the same cost.
The 3/4 size Janome is a real machine, not a toy. The Gem series of Janome machines is similar but come with more bells and whistles and a higher price.
09-04-2010, 09:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Prism99
The "Hello Kitty" is a 3/4-size Janome. Target and Sears online both have it for about $110 (as does Overstock.com). Here is a link to one:
http://www.target.com/gp/detail.html...00B8WSJ2&AFID=
There is another "Hello Kitty" that is a 1/2-size version for less money and is not recommended.
If she would prefer, I think you can get basically the same machine in plain white at Sears for about the same cost.
The 3/4 size Janome is a real machine, not a toy. The Gem series of Janome machines is similar but come with more bells and whistles and a higher price.
http://www.target.com/gp/detail.html...00B8WSJ2&AFID=
There is another "Hello Kitty" that is a 1/2-size version for less money and is not recommended.
If she would prefer, I think you can get basically the same machine in plain white at Sears for about the same cost.
The 3/4 size Janome is a real machine, not a toy. The Gem series of Janome machines is similar but come with more bells and whistles and a higher price.
09-05-2010, 04:31 AM
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You might go to your local sewing machine company. They usually have used machine pretty low priced. I have bought three used Janomes and one Brenina from a sewing machine company. They had serviced all of them and they work great. The last Janome was fairly new and it was about 125.00 the others were 50.00-75.00
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