My soon to be sewing machine:-)

Sew when I was at the quilt show the other week, I looked at the sewing machines and left there even more confused! I had kinda had decided between either Janome or Viking. after a couple of sales people at the show I had kinda decided to get a more basic machine and in a couple of years upgrading to a better machine with the same company so that all the feet would be compatible. I really liked the Viking Sapphire range especially the high end version and the Janome Horizon, I no I no I'm only a beginner, but you always want the best don't you!

Sew a couple of days later I while sitting around at home I decided to call into the local Janome dealer, while they still had the sale on and after a long talk with the woman in the shop I decided to put a deposit on the mc4900, which I love, I used to used Anne-Marie's one when I took her class last year, and will do every thing I need at the moment and its mid range so I wont need to upgrade for a long long time! And it come with all the feet so after I buy it I don't need to spend and extra $150 on feet, which i would if I had bought the one for $500.

I cant wait to pay it off and bring it home! The best thing was I saved $300 because it was on sale and I'm getting a free fabric scissors worth $40 which will come in handy because I want to try making my own clothes. Which I don't have a clue, but I'm sick of going into shop and finding the clothes don't fit in the right places, right?

Sew you guys can expect a lot more sewing going on around here soon!

brother cs6000i sewing machine

So before I left Ireland, I took a quilting class at Kilbora Quilt Shoppee, with the lovely Ann Marie. http://www.kilboraquiltshop.blogspot.com
Anne Marie is an amazing teacher, who loves gadgets which is always a good thing! She just moved into her new shop/studio before Christmas and has added more classes and stock to her business. And she also has quilting weekends/ holidays where you and your quilting buddy's can go and stay in her B'n'B  and quilt til your hearts content and hopefully have a finished masterpiece by the end of it!
So if your ever in Ireland around the Wexford area you should definitively call in to say hello!

look at all that wonderful fabric!

Anyway back to it! Im itching to start sewing again and I was looking up machine the other night, I want a machine that I can quilt and garment sew with, as I'd love to take a class in dressmaking while I'm here! I also don't want to spent a whole lot of money because if we move back to Ireland after the 2years, I'll probably be leaving the machine behind.

I'd love a Janome Memory craft, but simply cant afford it:(

Janome MC 6600

So I continued to look up more machines and came across the Brother CS6000I.

It comes with an extension table and walking foot which will save me money when I decide to quilt.

Im not sure if it can be got in Australia yet, ill have to wait til Thursday night when I can run into Spotlight after work and see if they stock it.

But I can get it on Amazon.com and get it shipped to Oz for 200 including delivery.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000JQM1DE/ref=s9_simh_gw_p201_d1_g201_i1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=1T7T5YNBJHTD8A4EB4H9&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=470938631&pf_rd_i=507846

The reviews on the net are good, but don't know a whole lot about the brother machines. Any one have one of these machines? What do you think? Or does anyone have a reasonable priced machine that they love? Or that they hate and want to let people know to steer well clear of it?!!

Let me know what you think!

P.S if brother, Janome, Singer or any other manufactures happen to be reading this, I'd be happy to review any sewing machines!!:)