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This is Sherry In-Store at Jones Sew and Vac. Here to show you how easy it is to use the on-screen editing for the Janome Memory Craft 9500.

Simply scroll through, find the design you want. This tells us what size hoop we’re gonna use. And there’s our design. But we want to add some more to it. So we are going to hit edit, you can toucvh and drad your designs on the screen. .

Let’s go back and get another design. We have another set of flowers here, let’s move it down a bit. We’re going to mirror him and let’s also make him a little bit bigger.

Let’s go get one more. We will put him over in the corner. And change the size of that one. We’re going go smaller. Tell it okay. And let’s mirror that one also. So, there’s your design, set and ready to go. All we have to do it stitch it.

okay, so now that we are done all you have to do is pull your design off. We’ll cut our jump stitches and we’re finished.

This is Sherry, In-store at Jones Sew and Vac.

james :: Jan.26.2008 :: Janome Sewing Machine :: No Comments, add yours »

Below is the manuscript to the above video.

Hi I am Sherry In-Store at Jones Sew and Vac. Today, I’d like to show you how Durable this machine is and it’s a great machine for doing mending and heavy work.

Were going to start by touching our over cast stitch. Get our lights into the green area. Okay, what this stitch is going to do is overcast the edge of our fabric. Similar to a Serger stitch. This is going to stop your fabric from fraying. It’s really good on your nit fabrics and your woven fabrics.

Okay, this is your overcast. Your fabric is only going to fray until it gets down to those seams. It will stop the fray. So it’s really good for your woven fabrics that fray a lot. I am going to show you the reenforcing stitch. This stitch is really good for top stitching as well as a really sturdy seam. This seam actually sews forward back wards, forward… forward back wards, forward. It gives you three rows of stitching. So, this is your good sturdy stitch.

Now what I am going to show you is the thing that we all hate to do. It’s the rolled hem when you are hemming jeans. A lot of our sewing machines doesn’t like to do this hem. So did you noticed how easy up and over my seam. I have nine layers of denim there and it didn’t have any problem going over it.

So this machine is a good sturdy machine. For all your mending needs.

This is Sherry In-store at Jones Sew and Vac.

james :: Jan.19.2008 :: Sewing, Singer Sewing Machine :: No Comments, add yours »

Below is the manscript to the above video:

Hi I am Sherry In-Store at Jones Sew and Vac. Today, I’d like to show you how easy it is to do an embroidery on the Janome Memory Craft 9500.Smily turn your Memory Craft 9500 on. Touch your icon for embroidery.
You can scroll through your pages to choose the design you want with the icons at the bottom.

You can go forwards or backwards. Touch the picture of the one you want to stitch. This screen tells you what size hoop to put in and your ready to stitch.

Simply slip your hoop into place, foot down and hit the stop button. It’s that simple. As your machine finish one color it will automatically go to the next color. So now it’s telling me to put in my first flower color. The machine is very simple to thread it has a needle threader on it so if you have trouble with your eye sight it’s perfect.

If your thread breaks or you run out of thread on your top here, the machine is going to stop and tell you have a problem so you can go back and fix it. You can scroll through your stitches if you need to go back a bit to get to the place where you can fix it.

Okay this is our last color, and it wasn’t hard at all. There’s our first design finished and ready to go.

This is Sherry In-Store at Jones Sew and Vac.

james :: Jan.17.2008 :: Sewing, Janome Sewing Machine :: No Comments, add yours »

Below is the manuscript to the above video.

Hi I am Sherry In-Store at Jones Sew and Vac. Here to show you how easy it is to thread your Janome Memory Craft 9500.

Just slip your spool on, put on your spool cap. There’s arrows to follow for your threading. Slip into your take up lever. Again slip through.

And the to put your bobbin in your gonna put it in so that it turns counter clockwise. Drop it in. Your tension guide is right here in the front of your bobbin case. Slip it into there. pull it to the back. put your cap on. Turn your hand wheel to put your thread down to the bottom. Bring it up to the top. And your ready to go.

This has been Sherry In-Store at Jones Sew and Vac.

james :: Jan.13.2008 :: Sewing, Janome Sewing Machine :: No Comments, add yours »

Janet writes

What machine would you recommend that I can produce logos/motifs onto garments ,hats etc?
I am looking into developing a new enterprise.

Hi Janet, Thanks for visiting our site. The Singer XL 6000 is a very nice machine with the speed of a commercial machine and it also has a good quality stitch. The Singer 6000 has many extra features as you can see in our tour of the machine. It comes with a conversion tool so you can use designs from most designs companies. It sounds like you would also need to add the PSW 2 software to get the digitizing you are looking for. With this full software package you will able to create your own logos and designs. This software allows you to customize, digitize and do stitch editing. With the X Y axes you could be putting very large designs of your own on everything. You can even embroider the backs of jackets with this one. The Singer XL 6000 would be a very good choice.
We do have a very good tour of the Singer XL 6000 on our web site, so check it out if you haven’t yet and I will be here to answer more questions if you need me.
Happy Sewing,

Sherry

paul :: Dec.30.2007 :: Sewing, Singer Sewing Machine :: No Comments, add yours »

Below is the manuscript to the above video.

Hi, I am Sherry In-Store at Jones Sew and Vac. Today, I’d like to show you how easy it is to use a computerized sewing machine. Today, we’re working with the Singer 7466.

First, we’ll just stitch our straight stitch. Just touch the button. The stitch is there. Just slide the stitch length button over until you get a green light. red mean it’s not a good stitch to use yellow means it’s questionable. But if you’re in the green you’re good to go. We’ll do the same thing with our stitch width.

And then we’ll sew our seam and see what we got.

On this machine we also have a reenforcing stitch. I’ll touch that one. Same thing, I’ll bring my stitch length over to a green.

Here we have our standard stitch and the reenforcing stitch. This stitch is the same as doing three rows of stitching but it does it at one time. It’s a thicker stitch.

We’re gonna try a zigzag stitch. So, we just touch our stitch button, find our green area and stitch it out.

If you want it a little closer we’ll just take that a little closer in. So you can make your zigzag stitches as close or as far as apart as you want them to be.

Okay, let’s play with some of the fun stitches. You have lots of decorative stitches you can use on this machine and they’re easy to do. Just choose the one you want.

We’re gonna go stitch thirty-two.

You don’t have to change your stitch length to do the decorative stitches but you can change your stitch width. Do find the green area.

Let’s try that and see what it looks like.

So, the Singer 7466 is a computerized machine and it’s not hard to use.

This is Sherry In-Store at Jones Sew and Vac.

james :: Dec.30.2007 :: Sewing, Singer Sewing Machine :: No Comments, add yours »

Katie writes:

I have a Janome Memory Craft 4800. Could you explain to me why, all of a sudden, my embroidery stitches are appearing on the wrong side of my fabric instead of the right side? Am I doing something wrong?

Hi Katie,

Sorry to hear you are having trouble. It sounds like tension problems. I would check the tension first. The dial should be set on auto. If that is ok then try threading it again just to make sure the tread has not slipped out of any of its guides. Also check the bobbin. Make sure it is in its tension guide also. If none of these things help please let me now what happened just before it started sewing bad. Things like: did you break a needle or change to a new needle? Did you change to a different thread? What kind of fabric are you sewing on? Please don’t hesitate to ask more questions.

Have great day,

Sherry

paul :: Dec.26.2007 :: Sewing, Singer Sewing Machine :: No Comments, add yours »

Do I want an upright or a canister vacuum?

The most important factor is which style you like to use—there are excellent machines and really lousy machines in both categories. Since your needs, preferences and cleaning habits are a big factor in which style you will be partial to, with a little research and expert instruction you can get an excellent vacuum in either an upright or a canister. I will discuss this more below after a general discussion of the characteristics of uprights and canisters.

Historically uprights are better for carpet and canisters are better for hard surface floors and hose attachments. These are generalities that aren’t quite so true in today’s marketplace, but they are still significant factors in this decision. Newer uprights are better than the old styles for both hard floor cleaning and easy use attachments. Still, canisters are easier to use for the hose and they are significantly better on hard floors. For that reason, many professionals will recommend a canister to households that have 50% or more hard floors and an upright if you have mostly wall-to-wall carpet.

In addition, canisters are much better for getting under beds and furniture with low clearance and for above the floor cleaning. Canisters are harder to store and unless you have a big closet you need to attach the hose and power nozzle every time you use it. One of the biggest complaints about canisters is the main unit that pulls behind catches on wall corners and legs of furniture

Uprights are less expensive for the same cleaning power and durability as a comparable canister. Why? There are more parts in a canister. They need a really tough hose because you are pulling it around by the hose all the time. Plus, there are all the electrical connections on the hose that power the rug attachment which also has a second motor that adds to the cost. So, if price is a big factor an upright may be the way to go. For all the same reasons uprights tend to hold up better than canisters. There are simply more things to go wrong in a canister. However, depending on the manufacturer, some of the most durable vacuums are canisters.

As far as carpet cleaning—the very best uprights still clean carpet better than any canister, particularly in the lower price ranges. The differences are not that great anymore, but it is still the case. The ability of an upright to vibrate particles to the surface is difficult to achieve in a canister vacuum. For more on that see our article on agitation and cleaning. Having said that, there are plenty of canisters that will clean carpet better than many uprights.

Once again, the biggest factor is your personal preference. I’ve been in this business over thirty years and it has been proven to me time and again—there are canister people and there are upright people. Some people don’t really care which they use but most people do have at least a bit of a preference. I have seen many, many people that have switched styles and realized they hate using the new upright or canister they were so excited about. If you are person who cleans thoroughly every time you vacuum—one who likes to clean high and under and behind regularly, consider a canister. If your so busy it’s hard to find time to get the vacuum out of the closet and clean the middle of the floor then an upright could be for you. Obviously it’s your decision—there are simply too many variables to make complete generalizations, so, talk to a professional, and make sure you can try the vacuum on your carpet and other surfaces to see how it performs for you.

leroy :: Jul.02.2007 :: Vacuums :: 1 Comment, add yours »