Quote Originally Posted by HandsomeRyan View Post
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• You can't buy your way into sewing skill. A skilled quilter can make beautiful quilts on an inexpensive machine and someone who lacks skills won't be any better just because they sit behind an $8,000 machine. Be reasonable about what level you are sewing at and don't try to buy your way into sewing skill because that can only be earned through hours of sittign behind whatever machine you have.

• Needle down. My little machine does not have it, my bigger machine does. I use it all the time and I love it. Almost any computerized machine should offer a needle down setting.
I love this sentiment. I made many many quilts on my cheap little Brother before I ran it into the ground. It isn't the machine that makes beautiful quilts, it is the person running the machine.