The discription says it can do free-motion embroidery. Can it do free motion quilting too, or do you need a larger/stronger macine for that?
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You can do free motion quilting. I've done large projects on it with great results! The machine is strong enough for quilting, but could be a bit tight of space for large projects like bedspreads.
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I bought this for my wife and here is her answer as she has both machines. The project is a good machine and is also a sewing machine where the 770 is not. The 770 is faster, much faster and will take up to a 5x7 hoop where the project will only take a 4x4 hoop. Both are good machines, it depends on what features you are wanting.
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It depends on the which machine you have. The sewing area of the actual machine is the key. The large hoop does not increase the sewing space. It allows for you to move the hoop up and down without re-hooping the fabric. The other factor is whether or not your machine allows for re-sizing. For example I can resize designs 20% either way. Look in the embroidery section of your manual and see what the dimensions of your sewing space are. I know it's kind of confusing. I hope this helps. If not ask another question and I will try to help you.
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To do embroidery using the SINGER 160 Anniversary sewing machine, it will be necessary to first purchase a Darning/Embroidery Foot. After placing this foot on the machine, disengage the machine's feed dogs. Embroidery is then done with the free-motion sewing technique. You can use a SINGER Style 2000 chromium needle to do the free-motion embroidery technique.
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I am thinking that your machine is not one with the longer arm, making more space for machine quilting? If that is the case, your machine would be fine. If your machine has a bigger space for quilting, I am not so sure. I have a Bernina 750, which has the longer arm making more space to the right of the needle and I don't think it would work well for that machine. will you be ordering the machine surround, it fills in the space all around your machine as it sits on the lower platform in the table. Thereby having your machine arm inside and surrounded by the table, you have to order it from the makers of the table.
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I do free motion quilting with my machine. The tension must be adjusted: I use 7 or 8. For regular stitching a 4 or 5 tension works fine. If the tension isn't adjusted, I get eye-lashing on the back of the quilt if I'm doing circles and tight curves. I always make a sample quilt sandwich of each project to test the tension. I use a SewSlip glide sheet over the stitch plate to help move things evenly.
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Heather, A larger hoop allows you to sew a 4x4 design, and then move down and do another 4x4 design without having to re-hoop. It does not allow your machine to sew a larger design. You are still limited to the embroidery area the machine will sew at one time. Thank you,
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I wouldn't. I'm an experienced quilter and work in a quilt shop. For general machine Applique I would recommend Pellon wonder under (not heavy duty), misty fuse or steam a seam. It is a little less gummy for your needle and far less expensive. I use this to transfer hand embroidery designs onto fabric with my printer or copier. Good product but not right for what you are going to do in my humble opinion. Have fun!
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This is an embroidery only machine. If you had a design that you created in your software, you could certainly do this over fabric in a type of applique. You Tube is a Great Place to find instruction and techniques. Good Luck.
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The latest answer from yesterday by "susan0624" is right on and I just finished a queen-sized quilt (108 x 108); it wouldn't have worked to do free motion with this size and all rolled up in the throat, but I used one of the fancy stitches along the seams and it worked out great; also, I think I pushed it to the limits with doing a queen-sized quilt on it.
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It can be used were you quilt at the seams. The foot is made for top stitching near a seam. The blade can ride in the joining area of two seams. I use it as a marker for seams too. You can move your needle position and change the width of the seam. You cannot use anything but a straight stitch with it.
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The ease of free motion quilting it provides is well worth any necessary actions. My quilting has improved greatly since having the slider on my machine.
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I don't know anything about quilting but I does work on reading and has a real use for looking at coins and identifying them and their condition?? On close work it's fine?? john
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I'm so sorry. I can't answer your question. I don't know what free hand embroidery is.
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I don't see any reason why not. I don't sew, but I can tell that the fabric is not too heavy for a sewing machine. It looks like a winning solution to me.
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This is a sew only machine. No embroidery, however it does have the drop feed option allowing you the capability of free motion quilting and embroidery, thread painting, and darning. Hope this answer is helpful.
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Not sure about the top-stitch, although it's advertised to be used for quilting. As for the memory chips/USB, I don't believe it has that feature.