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Sunday, December 30, 2018

My Q20

 Each November Jody, the owner of Raintree Quilting in Juneau Alaska, and her Bernina technician Amy come to Petersburg to service machines and teach classes.  Petersburg has a large group of quilters and each has at least one machine that needs an annual checkup. They rent a space and welcome the all quilters to come in and work on projects.  It is a fun time for fellowship and learning.   They also bring the latest Bernina machines so locals have a chance to upgrade or at least drool over the lovely machines.


This year while Amy and Jody were in town, I made a spontaneous purchase.  Don't even ask me what I was thinking but I always say, go with your gut.  While sewing away and visiting with one of my fellow quilters I learned about the Q20 for the first time.  What?  A quilting machine that you don't need a rack for!  It is a remarkable machine that you can thread from the front and it has a bobbin winder right on the machine.  It can be a sit down machine or a long arm machine.  I went home and talked to my always encouraging husband and he said get it.  I bought a Q20.



I have been thinking about quilting machines for awhile.  I looked at a Gammil long arm machine a local woman was selling, but decided it was too scary for me.  The 12 foot rack and large machine take up a lot of room and I would have to rent a space for it.  I also felt I would have to eventually quilt for other people to justify the cost of the machine and I really don't want to do that.  In addition, we don't have a Gammil technician in our region and the expense of bringing someone to town would be prohibitive.  I have been quilting on my Bernina 430 for years, and I feel comfortable with the sit-down quilting process.  If I decide to purchase a long-arm frame from Bernina, I can do that at a later date.  The price of this new machine is less than half of the used, older Gammil and it takes less space.  I am sure I made the right decision in my purchase.

Note to self...the machine doesn't make you a better quilter, practice does.




Linking to:  Monday Making, Moving it Forward Monday, Linky Tuesday

7 comments:

  1. if I was to ever get into more machine quilting and had space and money for another machine it would be for something like this - good luck with it.

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    1. I think you would love to machine quilt more and especially if you have one of these. :-)

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  2. Hi Kathi! I hope you write a post more in depth about your new machine! I find this fascinating and I would love to get a machine similar. I looked long and hard at a Juki mid-arm/sit down machine but the distance for servicing was an issue. I can hardly wait to read more. Happy New Year to you. ~smile~ Roseanne

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    1. Hi Roseanne. I will post more when I return home in March. The Inbox Jaunt has a great post about the Q20 here: http://theinboxjaunt.com/2018/12/05/the-bernina-q20-review-one-year-later/. Happy New Year to you to.

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  3. What a great present to yourself. I'll bet 2019 is going to be a fabulous year for you. Happy New Year!

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  4. Congrats on your new quilting machine! I love my domestic Bernina. The Bernina longarm must sew like a dream. Happy new year!
    BTW, thank you for commenting on my blog. You came up as a "no-reply blogger" so I could not respond directly.

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