Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Back at work!

I realized today why I should always work on these Chinese Coins quits here at home. I use a lot of pins when sewing these vertical rows together and it is SO much easier to stretch them along my longarm table than to crawl around on the floor like I was doing at Mom's. This top is together except for the top and bottom border - yeah!

I took my new Janome Jem Platinum machine out of it's box and decided to make sure it worked before packing it up for my HeartStrings sew-in on Saturday. One of the features I didn't think I would use is the start/stop button you see in the photo below. This machine can be run without a foot pedal - believe or not it was pretty easy and I kind of like it!

I think I'm going to love this little machine!

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6 comments:

Granny said...

That machine looks so much like my Babylock and it can be run without a foot pedal. Are they made by the same company?

7:58 AM
Linda C said...

Like Judy's, my Brother Innovis 450 can also be run with the stop/start button and no pedal. It is kinda weird when the machine goes zipping along without you but I guess I am an old pedal stomper from way back, LOL. Heck, I even try, occasionally, to use the knee lifter as the pedal----and that harkens back to when I used to sew on my mom's old Kenmore back in the 70's (the machine I learned to sew on)

Hurray for the new portable machine though as it certainly will come in handy for the sew-in's you have planned.

Congrats too on the finished Chinese Coins top--goal met.

8:17 AM
Deborah Levy said...

I have used mine without the foot pedal for years (Ihave a brother pc 85000 and love it. once you get used to using the button it's actually easier...and no foot pedal to lug around.

7:24 PM
atet said...

My little brother has one of those buttons too -- I wasn't sure about it at first as well, but for some projects -- it's just fantastic. In fact, for some small things I think I prefer it to the pedal! Enjoy!

11:13 PM
Evelyn aka Starfishy said...

What a great use for your frame - pinning! For something really big I push 4-5 conference room tables together, but I like your method!

I think you will like your little Janome - I have the Janome 9000 as my main machine (but it is broken, whaaa!) and a Janome 3050 as a back-up, which is what I am using now. I bought both machines because I liked the feet!

Cheers!

Evelyn

6:26 AM
Anonymous said...

I have to agree with every one else....

I have a brother, and haven't used the foot pedal yet.

when I first got the machine, my 4 y.o. was impressed by mum's magic!! LOL

6:35 PM

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