I am so thrilled with my new sewing machine, it has made all the difference in the world for me.
For those who don't know, last July or August I purchased a Janome 6500 sewing maching off Ebay and had it shipped to my sister's house until such time as I could come and collect it. Well, I had that opportunity recently, and now I have my new machine set up and am using it joyfully. It gives me such better control, handles the different threads so much better, everything about it is superior to the old machine I had. Here's an example.
Over and over again this last year or so, I would come up with a quilt design I was happy with and would execute the fusing part with no problem. The trouble would start when I would go to quilt the durn things. Pay attention to the quilting outlining the circular shapes here - just the outside quilting. The interior quilting I did on the new machine, and it made me want to rip out the exterior quilting and do it over again. So I did.
This machine has allowed me to go from sloppy to meticulous. Now you can hardly even see the outlining on these shapes. And it wasn't any harder than doing it messily. I'm so thrilled!
This has given me new confidence, which I think I needed, and I can't wait to get off the computer and into my studio! Woohoo!
2 comments:
What a huge difference. I can really appreciate the improvement. Good work!
Lovely colourful quilts and I love your little hen! I also have a new sewing machine - Elna Quilter's Dream but I have not discovered half of what it can do yet! But soon it is the summer (yes, I live in the Southern Hemisphere) holidays and I can sit and play around! Have fun with your machine!
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