Can anyone tell me how this machine sews through thick seams and 3-4 layers of cotton fabric
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I love my Janome . I mainly use it for quilting, but also do a lot of alterations for friends and family. Working with thick fabric and seams on blue jeans is the worst, but my janome goes over those seams, well, seamlessly! Haha. Seriously, my Janome has an even feed system that works like a charm on thick fabrics. Hope this info helps. CB
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This machine does not have quilting templates. It does off different stitches that are indicated on the front of the machine. My main focus for using this machine is for the embroidery portion.
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You iron it on the back side of your fabric, then peal off the paper and iron it on to another fabric. I've used it for making appliques on quilts squares.It works great!
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I have had my machine for two years this month, and still like it! I generally sew mid-weight fabrics (clothing alternations, bags/purses) and it's going strong. Struggles a bit with thick layers like seams on denim, and sometimes very lightweight fabrics get tangled, but work slow and it's fine. I don't use a lot of the decorative stitch options, but everything seems to be in good working order.
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NO - I had difficulty with this machine sewing sewing on anything i wouldn't reccomend it at all. my Janome hd3000 does very well on heavier fabrics (up to a point) you really need for the very heaviest an industrial mach. i have a very good Singer industrial.
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My sugggestion would be to apply a little bit of light sewing machine oil around the "corners" and let it soak a bit....let me know if that works!
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If this will be your only sewing machine, I wouldn't recommend it for dressmaking, as it only does straight stitch. Therefore you cannot do buttonholes, blind hemstitch, overcasting,etc. I would definitely use it for home dec purposes like draperies and slipcovers because of the larger size and higher speed.
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when sewing delicate fabrics on any machine, put a piece or strip of tissue paper on top of the fabric and sew through it and the fabric. The paper gives the fabric extra thickness then just tear the tissue away.
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I haven't tried yet, since I just got my machine. While I was researching machines I found a you tube video demonstrating sewing a seam like jeans have on denim and then he folded it up twice like a hem and it sewed great.
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I don't think so. I have sewn a few layers of jean, but I think that is far as it will go. If you are going to be doing a lot of leather sewing, I would suggest finding an old vintage machine. Or if you can afford it, an industrial sewing machine.
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You need to hold the stitch on the back side. Depending on the seam length you need to hold some excess to weave thru the stitches
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I have only tried three with no problem. It would depend on the thickness of the of the material being used as to how many layers can be sewn.
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I haven't tried it personally, but I believe this machine is plenty strong enough to handle quilting. It has a few quilt-specific stitches, but depending on the results you're looking for, it may not have all the quilting stitches that you'd get on a higher-end or quilt-specific machine.
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The machine has 3 straight stitch settings, 6 stitches per inch, 10-11/inch and 18/inch. If I need to baste, I just use the 6 stitches per inch and loosen the tension slightly so I can pull the threads out when I am done. Hope that helps!
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Yes it can handle a lot. I haven't tried sewing more than two layers of heavier fabrics (like on hems) but I think it would have no problem.
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At my sewing classes I was told that if you buy the right needle, it can sew through leather. It's a very heavy, substantial machine, so i expect it would do just fine.
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I have only used it on cotton fabrics so far but I searched on line and saw several people say they have used it on very heavy fabrics and denim and that it should sew any heavy fabric.