Need advice and help
#13
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Clay Springs AZ
Posts: 3,229
Bernina is the only regular sewing machine with a stitch regulator but boy do they charge for it. I would love to have one but like someone just said you can buy a car for that price.
I have a Viking with the 10 inch throat and it does make a difference but sure wish it had a stitch regulator.
I have a Viking with the 10 inch throat and it does make a difference but sure wish it had a stitch regulator.
#14
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Posts: 3,382
I was able to find a used Pfaff GrandQuilter 9" throat machine with Grace metal frame for just $1,500, including the stitch regulator. I was even able to transport it all home in my little hatchback. Granted it takes up a lot of floor space, but I don't have to baste my quilt tops any more. Just roll the top, back and batting on their separate rollers and I'm ready to quilt. And I can quilt a 6" x 110" space at a time. I've since added a $4,000 computerized setup, with software to create my own quilting designs. Now, I get perfect quilting every time. At some point in the future, I may upgrade to a larger machine. But for now, this works great for my quilts.
#15
Junior Member
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Chandler, Arizona
Posts: 149
I just have a Pfaff tiptronic 2030 and have machine quilted queen sized quilts on it by rolling the sides. You have to be careful but you can do it.
I am still working at free-motion quilting with it, but am getting better. A stitch regulater would be great. That's the biggest challenge is keeping the stitches uniform. When I have studied some of the quilts hanging up in the shops, the free-motion stitches aren't all uniform, so maybe I am trying to be too perfect with them.
I am still working at free-motion quilting with it, but am getting better. A stitch regulater would be great. That's the biggest challenge is keeping the stitches uniform. When I have studied some of the quilts hanging up in the shops, the free-motion stitches aren't all uniform, so maybe I am trying to be too perfect with them.
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