The Juki Kirie HZL-UX8. She is quite a bit larger than my Juki TL2200 QVP mini, but more buxom and full of bells and whistles.
I swear we just went to have a look, but she ran out to the car and refused to leave the boot until I paid off the lovely man at Sewing World in Tunbridge Wells.
The only reason I had any business at Sewing World in the first was to find out about the needle threader on the QVP in all truth, which despite following the manual instructions to the letter and various bits of online as I e, I had failed to get to work. So I had some instruction, which advised not to follow the manual, but try a different method, and it worked.
I obviously have Tad the Toshiba but he really just medium level in features, and is happy under the stairs. So, I had no reason to be looking at shiny and hideously expensive fancy machines … I guess I am just weak! However, my justification is that I have fallen out of love with my current sewing machine, the Singer Legacy, and have donated to my sons’s partner as she does not have a sewing machine. Once it goes off to its new home I would only be left with the QVP which is a one trick pony insofar as it only does straight stitches, and does not appreciate PU and faux leather.
Our new baby handled many layers of denim, PU and faux leather like a charm, and has all the bells and whistles we could desire, a pivot function, a programmable foot pedals and other built in wonders! Also, so it was rude to say no.
Thank you, thank you, thank you for such abundance my loving universal source of creation. I am truly grateful.
Eventually, the intention is to get frame for the QVP so that it will perform a bit like a long-arm, but I can trade him in if I find that she is not being used, or it is too much bother to remember to use and oil her e very few weeks. The QVPs are semi-industrial and need regular use and maintenance, the new one does not need oiling. We shall se ….
Hugs
Kay xx
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