I LOVE your reply!!!! Fyi most long arms aren't computerized--they are too dang expensive. Mine is totally hand guided.
I think most are unless they are 10K machines or higher. Someone in Australia who is a subscriber to my YouTube channel said she was going to have a quilt she made in a class done, but when she found out the guy set in a program and walked away and charged an arm and a leg for it, she refused to do it.
I agree with the others, not a hint of snark. Was that woman being dismissive of machine quilting? I hadn't caught that from her bitchy comment. Anyone who can use a sewing machine would understand that there's something additional to learn in doing curves through multiple layers and not getting tucks or scrunches and having it look attractive and proportional. Geez. If that's what she meant, I'm even shirtier than I was before (and her remark wasn't even directed at me
) What a cow.
She seemed to think that the other person should get out her machine and do it herself rather than buy one from me, is what I got from what she said. It seemed rather, well, dismissive, for lack of a better word. The woman who wants to buy more from me, said this to her:
Joycelyn, I have two quilts (one purchased and one I made) waiting to be quilted right now!!!! Ugh! Making the tops is fun, but the rest- not so much. The quilting would be fun if I had a specialty machine for quilting.
Of course, she doesn't need a specialty machine, though it really makes it much easier. I started learning to free motion on a little Brother CS6000i that the BYC staff gave me. That machine has a tiny throat only 5.5" of space to power a quilt through, fine for a baby quilt, but nothing larger. But, as long as you have throat space, a quilting foot and can lower or cover the feed dogs, you can free motion on most any domestic sewing machine. It takes a lot of hours of practice to get right, though, and I still am learning. It's a completely different skill from garment sewing or piecing or even using a walking foot to do straight lines. But unless someone really wants to learn and buys the basic supplies and forges ahead with the process, they'll never do it.
I probably cannot justify buying a 2-3K machine, but I sure want to sink mine flush with the table top! The quilts catch on the left front corner of the table extension on the machine and pull back, making me lose my nice round curve every once in awhile as I'm doing the paisley. If it was just flat, it would sure help my quilting.
