I steered her in that direction because the Millie is off the table and sitting in her shop window-no way to test it so I think if it sits there for a couple of months she'll take a lot less just to move it. She is ready to take the next step, but I don't think she'll be happy with this set-up.A local sewing machine dealer has her Millie for sale with a 14' table for $8500. She's an avid piecer and DSM quilter who works at my favorite LQS. If she spends some time shopping and is willing to spend a little more money I think in the long run she would be happier with a different setup. I have not kept up with the advances in hobby quilters but I think that they have come a long way since the days of the Mega and Grand quilters. The machines are good but the Inspira frames not so much. I was a very new quilter at that time and did not know much about the quilting process. By the time I got to the last borders I quilted what I thought I remembered I had quilted on the first borders, but of course it was different.Īs the quilt rolls on the takeup roller it consumes throat space and you could end up with only a couple of inches of space to quilt in, so quilt motifs have to be small. It took months for me to finish the king because I hated using the setup. I quilted 10 - 15 quilts on it, the last being a king. It was a PITA to advance the quilt and keep everything even. The first time that I used it I knew the quilting space was too small. I had the Pfaff Grand quilter with Inspira frame, same as the Viking.
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