Comments for Carolina Patchworks http://carolinapatchworks.com/blog Because the world is just better with patchwork. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:08:24 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 Comment on Have You Seen It? Aurifil’s 2012 Designer of the Month by Holly http://carolinapatchworks.com/blog/2012/01/21/have-you-seen-it-aurifils-2012-designer-of-the-month/#comment-76718 Holly Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:08:24 +0000 http://carolinapatchworks.com/blog/?p=4916#comment-76718 How exciting to be a designer of the month! I can't wait to see what you come up with. :> How exciting to be a designer of the month! I can’t wait to see what you come up with. :>

]]> Comment on No. 013 — Mrs. Roy G. Biv Quilt Pattern by stellamaria http://carolinapatchworks.com/blog/2009/04/06/no-013-mrs-roy-g-biv-quilt-pattern/#comment-76670 stellamaria Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:41:12 +0000 http://carolinapatchworks.com/blog/?p=2134#comment-76670 fantastic ! great powerpalette of colours. i love it ! fantastic ! great powerpalette of colours. i love it !

]]> Comment on Pixel Scraps + C4 = This Quilt by Andrea http://carolinapatchworks.com/blog/2012/01/24/pixel-scraps-c4-this-quilt/#comment-75564 Andrea Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:25:42 +0000 http://carolinapatchworks.com/blog/?p=4932#comment-75564 It's just simply stunning - and it looks so perfect on that wall. It’s just simply stunning – and it looks so perfect on that wall.

]]> Comment on Aurifil Designer of the Month Block: January by Mindy http://carolinapatchworks.com/blog/2012/01/25/aurifil-designer-of-the-month-block-january/#comment-75346 Mindy Sun, 29 Jan 2012 05:10:47 +0000 http://carolinapatchworks.com/blog/?p=4938#comment-75346 I just found your porcelain and concentric patterns in an online quilt shop and was so intrigued by the design that I googled your company name to find more. I am astounded! You are so talented and creative! I wish I had a son just so I could make the Mario Bros. quilt. Your fine art line is phenomenal. What an innovative way to approach the medium. I just found your porcelain and concentric patterns in an online quilt shop and was so intrigued by the design that I googled your company name to find more. I am astounded! You are so talented and creative! I wish I had a son just so I could make the Mario Bros. quilt. Your fine art line is phenomenal. What an innovative way to approach the medium.

]]> Comment on My thoughts on the Pfaff Quilt Expression 4.0 after one month by Sally http://carolinapatchworks.com/blog/2008/09/17/thoughts-on-the-pfaff-quilt-expression-40-after-one-month/#comment-75319 Sally Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:45:34 +0000 http://carolinapatchworks.com/blog/?p=1171#comment-75319 Hello again! I posted on this thread nearly 3 years ago when I first got my Pfaff. Unfortunately, for me the problems were never resolved and it got to the stage where I never used the QE 4. A complete waste of money and of nearly 3 years of "sewing life", as I barely used a machine in all that time - hand sewing/quilting/piecing was easier and far less frustrating!!! At the beginning of the year I was discussing this with my husband, who sensibly commented that "life is short" and that although the waste of money is sad, the loss of 3 years happy sewing is worse!! Consequently we decided a new machine for me would be a good idea. I bought a Bernina 550 QE last weekend and haven't looked back!!! I've done so much sewing and quilting on it in the last week and it's a beauty - perfect stitches every time, no non-existent thread jams, no motor overload, it sews a wonderful straight seam and doesn't gobble up the fabric when piecing. It seems to me that the problem here is that the Pfaff machines are inconsistent in their quality, some being fine and some being real lemons. In retrospect, I should have really pushed to have the machine replaced with a new one, but I was so upset and frustrated with the whole experience that instead I just gave up on it. My advice to anyone having problems would be to print out this blog and REALLY push for a new machine ............... or buy a Bernina! :) Hello again!
I posted on this thread nearly 3 years ago when I first got my Pfaff.
Unfortunately, for me the problems were never resolved and it got to the stage where I never used the QE 4. A complete waste of money and of nearly 3 years of “sewing life”, as I barely used a machine in all that time – hand sewing/quilting/piecing was easier and far less frustrating!!!

At the beginning of the year I was discussing this with my husband, who sensibly commented that “life is short” and that although the waste of money is sad, the loss of 3 years happy sewing is worse!! Consequently we decided a new machine for me would be a good idea.

I bought a Bernina 550 QE last weekend and haven’t looked back!!! I’ve done so much sewing and quilting on it in the last week and it’s a beauty – perfect stitches every time, no non-existent thread jams, no motor overload, it sews a wonderful straight seam and doesn’t gobble up the fabric when piecing.

It seems to me that the problem here is that the Pfaff machines are inconsistent in their quality, some being fine and some being real lemons. In retrospect, I should have really pushed to have the machine replaced with a new one, but I was so upset and frustrated with the whole experience that instead I just gave up on it. My advice to anyone having problems would be to print out this blog and REALLY push for a new machine …………… or buy a Bernina! :)

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