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Trick or Treat ?! Speed and machines --
PortlandMaine   Advanced Beginner ME USA Member since 1/29/11 Posts: 1655	Login to reply to this post 2 members like this. Date: 10/31/12 5:44 PM Personally, I love to sew fast and find myself wanting even more speed than the 1600spm my Grand Quilter will sew. I feel I can free motion quilt and piece with perfect results at the high speed of the GQ -- Sure - I sometimes wish it were quieter ... but,.. The question is -- what do other people think about speed? Is it a trick or a treat? ------ Drag queen quilter!
SewBusy63 Advanced IA USA Member since 12/10/07 Posts: 3195	Login to reply to this post In reply to PortlandMaine << Like this post Date: 10/31/12 5:50 PM I sew fast, too. NOT as fast as your Grand Quilter, though! My 830 can do 1,1,00 SPM, but I usually run it at about 3/4 speed on my speed control. So compared to you, I don't really sew fast at all! ------ ~Diana~ ♥ Bernina 830E ♥ Bernina 1150MDA serger ✝The Lord is my Light and my Salvation: whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? Psalm 27:1✝
PortlandMaine   Advanced Beginner ME USA Member since 1/29/11 Posts: 1655	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 10/31/12 5:52 PM How about when you embroider? ------ Drag queen quilter!
SewBusy63 Advanced IA USA Member since 12/10/07 Posts: 3195	Login to reply to this post In reply to PortlandMaine << Like this post Date: 10/31/12 6:00 PM Depending on the thread I am using or how dense a design it, I can do the 1,100 spm when embroidering. ------ ~Diana~ ♥ Bernina 830E ♥ Bernina 1150MDA serger ✝The Lord is my Light and my Salvation: whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? Psalm 27:1✝
NM gal   Beginner Member since 5/27/09 Posts: 1160	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 11/1/12 2:31 PM Industrial machines are the fastest. Zoom Zoom. Go to the Threads site & look up the video for Manuel (he's famous for dressing Elvis & country western stars, fabulous duds)... there's this guy that embroiders for him on an industrial zigzag. Amazing.
KPM   Advanced HI USA Member since 1/18/07 Posts: 702	Login to reply to this post In reply to PortlandMaine << Like this post Date: 11/1/12 2:44 PM Yeah, I'm pretty much a speed demon too. But I've gotta have the subtle low speeds on a machine as well. The foot control on my serger recently went into warp speed and stayed there. Even if I barely touched it, zooooom. It was a bit frightening but I manged to finish my garment. It's in the tech's hands now and I'm learning just how much I miss my serger!! ------ Let's just say all modern sms are well represented in my studio.
andye   Beginner VA USA Member since 5/9/09 Posts: 1534	Login to reply to this post In reply to NM gal << Like this post Date: 11/1/12 2:56 PM Quote: NM gal Go to the Threads site & look up the video for Manuel (he's famous for dressing Elvis & country western stars, fabulous duds)... there's this guy that embroiders for him on an industrial zigzag. Amazing. video.
quiltingwolf Advanced MD USA Member since 12/15/02 Posts: 5026	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 11/1/12 3:22 PM That's pretty amazing there is also a video of a guy doing a portrait of a girl sitting in front of him on a Bernina. I wish I could do this then I wouldn't have had to put out $4k for an embroidery machine lol. Portrait -- Edited on 11/1/12 3:24 PM -- ------ quiltingwolf.blogspot.com
PortlandMaine   Advanced Beginner ME USA Member since 1/29/11 Posts: 1655	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 11/1/12 3:33 PM Oh yes - I also like to have a wide range of stable speeds. I love that this machine stops or slows as I want it to - and i can do one stitch at a time slow - if thats what I feel like doing. I might end up with an industrial at some point. For now, Im pretty happy with this machine -- Im glad to not deal with the industrial style oil pan or other system. ------ Drag queen quilter!
Mufffet   Intermediate VT USA Member since 8/14/05 Posts: 8925	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 11/1/12 3:38 PM I like speedy sewing too much. I have to say that noticing that my daughter sews rather slowly was a good thing. She told me she has better control, and you know what? She is right! I tried it and it's true. BUT, when I serge seams and when I sew long seams or do some FM, I do love speed....that's one reason I wanted the Janome 6300 - speed + knee lift. Amen. And it is a speedy enough machine for me at 1000spm. The Grand Quilter is faster. ------ "Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible." --Dalai Lama I have sewing machines

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