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Kristikay22 Intermediate Member since 10/8/12 Posts: 112	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 11/29/12 4:21 PM Because I want one! LOL I want to buy used. i sew with lots of knits and I'm tired of all of my tips and tricks for necklines and hems! I want a nice, non-stretched out, easy over the seams (my hardest part even with all of my tips and tricks) and decorative option ------ http://www.facebook.com/BurlapButton www.blogspot.com/burlapbutton www.etsy.com/shop/burlapbutton
LynnRowe   Advanced BC CANADA Member since 3/9/09 Posts: 6743	Login to reply to this post In reply to Kristikay22 << 2 members like this. Date: 11/29/12 5:06 PM Babylock. BLCS2. Auto tensions, perfect stitches. Couldn't pry mine outta my hands for nuthin'. In fact, when I go, I'm taking it with me. ------ I heart Panzy, Pfaff Creative Performance, the sewing machine love of my life! And Rupert (Pfaff 2023), Baby (BL Enlighten), Victor (BLCS), Ash (Bernina 350SE), Pal (Bernina 530), Kee (Bernina 750) and the Featherteen Flock! Most of all, I heart Woo (HimmyCat). Until we meet again, my beautiful little boy. I love you.
M.S. Intermediate Member since 3/6/09 Posts: 1137	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 11/29/12 5:24 PM I'm not sure I'm bonding with my Janome CoverPro 1000. It's much better than a regular sewing machine, but I haven't figured out the going over seams part very well. I get skips a lot. Also, my hems tend to unravel in the laundry after awhile.......a long while.....I keep my clothes forever. The unravelling is probably due to the skipped stitches over the side seams. Many love the Janomes, so it's probably user error, or the fabrics I'm choosing. ------ Pfaff 138-6 Brother PQ1500S Necchi 4795 US Blindstitch 718-9 Kenmore 16644 Janome CoverPro 1000 Singer 201-2
MNBarb   Intermediate MN USA Member since 4/3/10 Posts: 1521	Login to reply to this post 1 member likes this. Date: 11/29/12 6:12 PM After all of my research I ended up with the Babylock BLCS. It was alot of money but I love it. The reviews on coverstitch machines are very helpful. ------ Barb "I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." Thomas Edison "I not only use all the brains I have, but all I can borrow." Woodrow Wilson
reneeb4930   Advanced QC CANADA Member since 2/10/08 Posts: 195	Login to reply to this post 1 member likes this. Date: 11/29/12 9:31 PM Babylock.
Moose Sky Member since 8/28/10 Posts: 5	Login to reply to this post 1 member likes this. Date: 11/29/12 9:43 PM I agree. Babylock BLCS. When I decided to get a cover stitch standalone, I automatically ordered a Bernina. But in reading these sites and especially Debbie Cook's blogs, I realized how much nicer it would be to have jet threading (of the looper) and the option of 3-thread hems. So luckily the Bernina Store let me off the hook with my order and I got my beloved Babylock. It sews like a dream come true. No skipped stitches (as I had read about in Janome reviews) and so easy to use. I highly recommend.
karen149   Intermediate CA USA Member since 3/4/05 Posts: 2505	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 11/29/12 9:45 PM Can you stitch off the fabric like you can with the Evolution?
sewsally   Intermediate WA USA Member since 8/18/02 Posts: 1197	Login to reply to this post In reply to karen149 << Like this post Date: 11/29/12 9:57 PM Quote: karen149 Can you stitch off the fabric like you can with the Evolution? yes
tericloth Intermediate CA USA Member since 4/7/04 Posts: 137	Login to reply to this post In reply to Kristikay22 << Like this post Date: 11/29/12 11:02 PM I used to have an Elna serger that also did the coverstitch. It was a great machine for regular serger applications, but would skip stitches on the coverstitch. Drove me crazy. I bought a Babylock Evolution just to see what the fuss was all about; not because I needed an "easier to thread" serger. And now I am a convert. It stitches flawlessly. Every time. ------ Sewing with a view of the swaying palms....
LynnRowe   Advanced BC CANADA Member since 3/9/09 Posts: 6743	Login to reply to this post In reply to tericloth << Like this post Date: 11/29/12 11:05 PM Most everyone mentions the "easy to thread" jet-air threading of the Babylocks, but the real key advantage to them is their auto tensions for perfect stitching. Love love love my BL serger & coverstitch machines! ------ I heart Panzy, Pfaff Creative Performance, the sewing machine love of my life! And Rupert (Pfaff 2023), Baby (BL Enlighten), Victor (BLCS), Ash (Bernina 350SE), Pal (Bernina 530), Kee (Bernina 750) and the Featherteen Flock! Most of all, I heart Woo (HimmyCat). Until we meet again, my beautiful little boy. I love you.

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