Posted by admin | Posted in Quilts | Posted on 10-08-2009
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What is the best sewing machine that about $2000 will buy?
I’d like to put together quilts, do some Machine Applique, maybe even do some quilting on the machine. Some embroidery apps would be nice too. I’ve been out of the loop for so long that I don’t know what is the best anymore. I have an old Bernina that’s great for general sewing but I want something more updated.
Your Bernie will undoubtedly handle anything you want to throw at it except the computerized embroidery. In addition, most of the folks I know who traded in their sewing machines for sewing/embroidery combos wished they had the sewing machine back… you can’t sew while you’re waiting for the design to stitch out. So you might want to think about a separate embroidery machine, and hanging on to the Bernina.
If you want a dedicated Quilting Machine, the one I’d probably be most closely looking at is the Juki TL98q or similar. It’s a straight stitch only machine capable of higher than usual sewing speeds, and it takes standard industrial feet. Also has an automatic thread trimmer.
Of the current brands of home sewing machines, with your budget, the ones I’d be looking at most closely are Bernina, Elna, Janome, Juki, Pfaff and Viking. Why not just go visit a few dealers and see what’s out there?
BTW, I do most of my machine quilting on either my grandmother’s 1948 White Dressmaker cabinet machine, or a 1954 Singer 15. Straight stitch is really all you need for quilting.
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