Stretching my machine
#1
Stretching my machine
I am thinking about having my brother's 1500se stretched. I have a mid arm already but would be able to put this machine to much better use if it had a longer throat. Has anyone done this with the brothers machine. I know I have read were the JUKI has been stretched and some say with success and other say not. Will it be worth my $$ or better to leave things as they are. I want to be able to pass this to my granddaughter to learn some of the basics of machine quilting. You comments will definitely help with this decision.
#4
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Alturas, CA
Posts: 9,393
I have no idea where you would get a machine stretched, but I image that it would be fairly expensive, I bought a 20" sit down Bailey for under $3000, I would love to have a frame, but simply don't have the room for one.
#5
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Richmond, KY
Posts: 742
There used to be a gentleman who did the stretching process on some machines but he hasn't done it in years. I'm not sure if he passed away or not, but I know he stopped. A lot of people had issues once it was done, too, others didn't.
#9
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Mableton, GA
Posts: 11,355
The Brother PQ1500 is a high shank. Is the Jazz? If not the space will be longer but shorter vertically - different. don’t know how much more actual room the Jazz would give. You could look at the Q’nique 15. They sell the set up at Joann fabrics and Leah day sells it. Brother has a machine that looks identical to the Q’nique and it comes in a table or frame. More expensive though.
#10
For the money you'd be spending, you could get a used sitdown longarm...or buy a new Bailey Home Quilter, now available in 20" throat! Reasonably priced because it has no computorized anything...a functional quilting machine, no feed dogs, no gizmos to break. I bought a 15" in 2012 before they put out the larger versions...love it!
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