Machines

Now that the Hinterberg Voyager 17 mess is all over with it was time to look for (another) new machine to help with quilting.  I went back to what I had been looking at — the Pfaff Grand Quilter.  Did some reading and decided that’s what I wanted.

The local dealer didn’t have the Pfaff in stock but they did have the Viking Husqvarna version (the Mega Quilter).  Tried it out.  Sold.  It was a little dicey at the beginning when they were showing me the machine and the thread kept breaking.  I almost ran out of the store screaming.  Thankfully the bobbin case just wasn’t inserted all the way.  A little nudge and it was stitching flawlessly.

In my reading before going into the store I found out the Pfaff and Viking are made by Janome and Janome has a 9″ machine with their label as well but we decided that it was worth buying the Pfaff so we could have local dealer support if necessary.

The is a carefully cropped photo… the mess beside, below and beyond the machine must not be revealed.

It’s only done a little bit of work so far but it stitched beautifully.  Wub.

Hinty (aka the Hinterberg Voyager 17) is going bye-bye (aka returned).

But the Hinterberg Voyager 17 has only caused gobs and gobs of frustration. It’s supposed to be a really good machine but I just want to throw it out the window. For it’s sake, it’s a good thing it weighs 75 pounds otherwise it would have found a new home in the creek out back by now. Poor Galaga was supposed to be done and listed on Etsy by now.

Ok, not really.

It’s really just an aftermarket thread guide for the Hinterberg Voyager 17. You think for as much as they charge for the machine this wouldn’t be necessary. The recommended glue is hot glue. It doesn’t work very well since it has come off twice. Must find some stronger glue.

… and both kids slept for 5 minutes so I could get some quilting practice in with the new Hinterberg Voyager 17. Maeve brought home a lovely bug from school and it’s making the rounds here leaving little time for sewing the past couple days.

Eek! I love this thing. Now to find some more interesting colors of thread to run through it.

I might do a real quilt tomorrow instead of clearance sheets from Target.