| If you're about to start quilting, you might be looking to | | | | they do a good job? Of course they do. But do you |
| buy a new sewing machine, or even your first sewing | | | | need them? That's where I would have to say no. In |
| machine. There are so many different types of sewing | | | | order to make a really nice quilt, of course you want a |
| machines available that you might have no idea what | | | | decent sewing machine. But the truth of the matter is, |
| type to get. If you're not sure what type of sewing | | | | you don't need a very fancy one. Even many of the |
| machine to buy, and want to make sure that it is a | | | | sewing machines that you can buy now that are |
| good quilting sewing machine, here are some tips. | | | | around $100 or less come with many amazing |
| First off, is you'll notice that there are some sewing | | | | features. You can get one that will have 60 different |
| machines that say they are specifically quilting sewing | | | | stitches to choose from for under one hundred dollars. |
| machines. There are some models out there that | | | | Why would you want to spend ten times that amount |
| specify that they are for quilters, and you might | | | | because the machine is calling a quilting sewing |
| wonder if you need them. How is a quilting sewing | | | | machine? |
| machine different from a "regular" sewing machine? | | | | The truth is the point of a sewing machine is to quickly |
| Well first off, many times it has a bigger area to sew, | | | | and easily sew pieces of fabric together. This is true |
| since when making quilts sometimes you have a large | | | | whether it is for a quilt, clothes, or anything else. So if |
| amount of fabric that you are sewing. They also | | | | you have many choices for stitches, you should be |
| include special sewing pedals that make it easier to | | | | set. So personally, I think you are better off getting a |
| sew through many layers of fabric at a time. They | | | | decent sewing machine for your quilting than getting a |
| also usually include a few different stitches, so you can | | | | specific quilting sewing machine. You will still be very |
| choose what stitch you want for different parts of | | | | happy with your purchase, and can then use the |
| your quilt. | | | | money you saved to start buying fabrics to make |
| Many of these "quilting sewing machines" are very | | | | your quilts with! |
| expensive. We're talking about over $1,000 each. Do | | | | |