As I posted here last week, I purchased a Sit-down Long-Arm machine (Juki 2200QVP) and named him Julio!! Well, it ended up that Julio had a few issues so I had to take him back and pick up Julio II…..
I am thrilled with how the machine handles and am finding it easy to do the “fine-motor-skill” techniques. I grabbed another charity quilt and started practicing…..
I used a ruler to stabilize the top with some straight lines and then just started playing with various free motion designs……
I am learning how to keep my stitches even and learned that I needed to set the machine at 100% speed when I am doing these designs. That surprised me because I thought it would be easier at a slower speed. I was WRONG!!
The last thing that I need to get set is the height that the foot floats above the quilt so that it clears any heavy seams easily. I am slowly, oh so slowly, moving it up a bit at a time. When it starts skipping stitches, I will know that I have hit my limit!!!
I can’t wait to keep working with Julio and will happily post my results so be prepared for a LOT of quilting designs in the future!!!
4 thoughts on “Meet Julio the 2nd”
YES!!!!
I may have to break down and get me one of these puppies.
He is a good companion!!
A shame you had problems with the first one but I am pleased it was easy to change over and that all is going well now.