ya'll are going to think I have totally lost my mind with another sewing machine post but here goes. I was frustrated with the Janome to the point that I actually had it listed on eBay, it was not doing all I had hoped it would :(. I was going to sell it and the Bernina B350 and look at the Bernina Aurora 440QE with the Bernina Stitch Regulator(BSR)--but it's just so much money and doesn't have the throat space of the 6600. So I got out the B350 and put the walking foot on it--it made beautiful nice even stitches even around the corners and points of all size pads. The wing tips weren't getting stuck and smushed, the rounded ends had nice even stitches, it was heaven. I feel like such a dolt because I hadn't tried it first! I had read that you should not use your walking foot if you were going around corners so I never tried it, afraid I would break a very expensive foot and have to replace it. Sooooo, that means I will go back to business as usual, wavy stitch and diamonds on pads and wavy stitch on liners.
The 6600P? I'm keeping that to use for quilting. It's got 9" of throat space and I really want to work on free motion quilting. I've never been good at free motion, that was why I was looking at the BSR, but I've read many awesome quilters who say it takes PRACTICE not fancy equipment. So I really need to just take a little time each day to practice. But first off I will work on my quilt which is just straight line quilting.
And to make this all pad related. I've got a stack of pads needing snaps that I am going to list today before I quilt(that is my incentive to get on the listing right away). Most of the pads are from fabrics that I was cleaning out of my stash but there are a couple with the new stuff I just ordered.
hi lisa! okay...i'll try posting again and hopefully this one won't get the boot! he he he.
ReplyDeleteso sorry to hear about the trouble with the 6600! :( i thought that might be a good machine...but sounds like you were having issues that seem to bother me from time to time with my 4900! grrrr! bummers!
the 440 and other berninas do look alluring...but then again, i've heard mixed reviews on them too. so funny that we can all have such different experience with our machines, huh? lately i've been working on my mechanical bernina (ran out of bobbins for my janome 4900) and love it. nothing like those older machines! :)
hopefully the 6600 will be good for the quilting! especially since it is a quilting machine. i'd love to see what you make with it. :)
btw...i have been loving your pads...looooove the liners...especially the reversible ones! :) would love to purchase some as soon as i get in a good position to do so! :)
no worries about this post...i think it's actually helpful when people post about their machines to talk about what is and isn't working for them. really. :)
have a great weekend! :)
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ReplyDeleteThe 6600 has been quilting like a dream. The stitches are even and the throat space is devine as I get farther into my Oh-Cherry-Oh quilt. I guess I was just wrong to think there was a machine to do all I wanted to do. I have resigned myself to living with two machines. Now I just need a table that I can set the 6600 even with the table so it's all flat....oh dear, that means more $....
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