You are not logged in. Login or create an account
New owner with questions
administrator
Joined: Aug. 26, 2008
Posted: Aug. 1, 2008, 5:32 PM
Hi Ladies! (and gents, if we have any here)
I just purchased a new HQ in the sit-down table last weekend at the Long Beach IQA show. It hasn't arrived yet but as you might imagine, I'm getting very excited and anxious. I called and they said it would be shipped out on monday.
I've been reading some of your messages below and I found the discussion about the Bernina foot very compelling. I may just have to get one of those! We do have a Bernina Dealer locally so it shouldn't be a problem. You said it is the foot that goes with the Artista? I'm a Janome girl so I don't know the different Bernina styles.
I also saw the discussion on needles, and I see that some of you are using smaller needles in your machines. This was a concern of mine too, when they told me of the size they are sending with the machine. I, too, work with fusible on occasion, and a size 16-18 can leave a pretty big hole! I got confused when you started discussing whether or not the regular home sewing machine needles will work. So that is my question....just what kind of needles DOES this machine use? Are they round on top, or are they like the home machine needles and flat on one side?
Also, about the bobbins. I'm assuming that the machine uses a class M size bobbin and I'm not sure what those bobbins look like. I have a whole box of bobbins that I bought on ebay to go with my Juki, and then later with my Janome 1600P...they are a metal bobbin, solid on the sides...is this the kind that the HQ uses? I can't remember if those were a class M or not.

My other concern is with the size of the table. I see that some of you are making some pretty good size quilts with your HQ. One even mentioned a 120"X120" quilt! Did you have any problems keeping a quilt that size on the table or did you have to butt some other tables up to the side? I see one of you installed some fencing on the side...would you be able to quilt a king size quilt now that you have that fencing up?

I hope I haven't asked too many questions and I hope someone is hanging around that can answer! Thanks for any help you can offer. I can't wait til I get my machine in and I can join all of you in singing its praises!

Janis...aka Stitchinfool
New owner with questions
administrator
Joined: Aug. 26, 2008
Posted: Aug. 1, 2008, 5:38 PM
I see that this forum doesn't seem to be working correctly, or perhaps its just me, but this message was supposed to go into the Sit-Down model discussion area and now that it has been posted, I can figure out how to move it there. Sorry for any problems this may have caused. The only two options it gave me for forums to place it in was THREAD EDUCATION and GALLERY.
New owner with questions
administrator
Joined: Aug. 26, 2008
Posted: Aug. 1, 2008, 6:49 PM
All messages go into the 'THREAD' category--you did it correctly. It would be nice for HQ to update this site so that we can segment the messages.