I am sure you're all tired of hearing this but Tuesday or Wednesday I am ordering the Brother PC-420 sewing machine. So today I am finishing up the binding on my Phoebe's Flower Box (finally). I understand that going through all those layers, especially on the corners is tough on a lot of lower end machines. My current one is from Walmart years ago, a Brother XR-65T. Well since I started quilting the one thing that has really been trying on my patience is the tension. I have adjusted it over and over on different thicknesses. The same result, wonky uneven stitches. I even tried doing a tight zigzag on a test piece and there was a definite pattern of 1/4" of stitches being one size and 3/4" another size. This was constant. So any kind of zigzag on the binding was out of the question. I did straight stitch with a walking foot, took the weight off the quilt, and used gloves to help feed it while letting the walking foot do the work. Still tension issues. Now all I can hope for is that the wash/dry cycle will help hide these stitches.
So here is, after my long-winded whining, my question. Can someone please reassure me that I can expect better with the new machine? It is on the lower end of Brothers but not bottom. I haven't heard of anyone having this issue with this machine and I guess I am just nervous that I am going to end up with the same issues. The only thing this machine doesn't have is automatic tension. I am so disappointed in my old machine.
I don't want to buy anything that I can't pay cash for so higher end machine are out. I don't want another credit bill. Anyone with this machine, were you happy with the stitch quality of the straight stitch? The only thing people complained about was the limited fonts and font sizes. They also said that any stitches you create can have problems with the quality of the stitch. It makes sense. I do want to use other stitches besides straight and with 294 preprogrammed stitches I don't need to create any.
Tell me I am being paranoid.
So here is, after my long-winded whining, my question. Can someone please reassure me that I can expect better with the new machine? It is on the lower end of Brothers but not bottom. I haven't heard of anyone having this issue with this machine and I guess I am just nervous that I am going to end up with the same issues. The only thing this machine doesn't have is automatic tension. I am so disappointed in my old machine.
I don't want to buy anything that I can't pay cash for so higher end machine are out. I don't want another credit bill. Anyone with this machine, were you happy with the stitch quality of the straight stitch? The only thing people complained about was the limited fonts and font sizes. They also said that any stitches you create can have problems with the quality of the stitch. It makes sense. I do want to use other stitches besides straight and with 294 preprogrammed stitches I don't need to create any.
Tell me I am being paranoid.
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