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Brother 4500 – New & Fabulous

14 February, 2012 By Danielle

Brother embroidery machines bring everything to the sewing table. Filled with functionality and easy to understand, these machines give you a full range of flexibility at a price that is always less than you expect. Now, hot off the heels of their successful NV6700 Quattro, brother has released their new NV4500.

As the Quattro’s little brother, the 4500 is slightly smaller, but big on power. Its advanced sewing functions include an enormous focus on quilting, giving you advanced features including a fabric height sensor, automatic pivot action, 3 free motion feet, automatic free-motion modifications, and an automatic foot pressure adjustment. When embroidering, take advantage of 2 USB ports, drag-and-drop design control, colour sorting, character spacing, and a great range of standard hoops from 1″ x 2.5″ through to 7″ x 12″. Combine these with a full colour screen, automatic thread cutting, and a super simple truly automatic needle threader, and you have your dream machine.

Click HERE for a 4500 Brochure

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Bernette Deco 340 – Embroidery Only That’s Easy!

7 February, 2012 By Danielle

If you want to expand your sewing creativity then an embroidery machine is an excellent addition to any sewing room. The Bernette Deco 340 from Bernina brings the world of embroidery to you in an affordable and feature packed machine. Get started by simply selecting one of the 100 built-in embroidery designs, and use the easy drag-and-drop screen to position it. Then download embroidery designs from your favourite digitizer and using the free Artlink Software that comes with the 340, write the designs to a USB stick. Working with multiple designs in a 200mm x 140mm hoop, you can mirror, rotate and scale, and when you’re done, the thread cutting system means that all you have to do is take off the hoop. An embroidery only machine, the Deco 340 lets you keep working on your sewing machine while it stitches away beside you, and you can relax while it does because built in sensors will let you know if it needs any help.

Normally $1999, Sew This & That’s Special for February is $1899

…and remember: we will teach you how to use your new machine!

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Embroider More and with Less Work!

14 December, 2011 By Danielle

If you’ve ever had an inkling that you’d like to take your machine emroidery outside your home and share it with the world, then drop in to Sew This & That and have a look at the Brother PR650-c. Bringing big, multi-needle embroidery functions, in a stylish and compact unit, the 650 is a 6 needle embroidery machine that will take your productivity to new levels. Embroider a wide variety of items such as caps, shirts, jackets, jeans, hats or towels, with business logos, school names, monograms, and much more. Add the new optional cylinder frame to embroider shirt sleeves and trousers while keeping them intact, plus the new optional flat frame makes framing simple when using thicker fabrics.

While the idea of moving up to a multi-needle embroidery machine may seem a little daunting for some, you can set your mind at ease with the 650. It’s interface is very user-friendly and is so similar to the rest of Brother’s range of standard embroidery machines that it instantly feels familiar as soon as you unpack it from the box.

With enormous embroidery capacity, usb connectivity and compact footprint, the Brother PR650-c would be a welcome addition to any growing sewing room, and its ability to look after itself for 6 colour changes, makes it the perfect side-kick to any digitizer!

Take a look at these great features:

Display
LCD Display Type	Large Colour LCD
Stitch Select Display	Easy to Use Touch Panel
Thread
Bobbin Type	Horizontal
Thread Tension	Disc AT
Needle Threader	Advanced Automatic
Thread Sensor	Upper and bobbin
Thread Cutter	Automatic on all six needles with Jump Stitch Trim
Embroidery
MAX Embroidery Area	200(X) x 300(Y)mm
MAX Embroidery Speed	Variable up to 1000 stitches per mintute
Standard Hoops	4 (200 x 300, 130 x 180, 100 x 100, 40 x 60)
Built-in Embroidery Patterns	YES, including appliques and decorative fonts
Built-in Embroidery Fonts	YES
Pattern Editing	Rotate 1, 10, or 90 degrees, mirror, auto-applique, auto-basting stitch, built-in memory or save to usb
Connectivity
Media type	USB – drag and drop
PC link ability	USB port
USB	2 Hosts and 1 Slave (Host-Full speed and high speed. Slave-high speed)

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Janome Horizon 7700P – TAKE YOUR SEWING TO NEW HORIZONS!

17 November, 2011 By Danielle

Janome’s Horizon 7700 opens up new possibilities for your creativity. From the widest bed in its class to the most illuminating lighting system, it has speed, precision and an innovative navigation system that makes it a breeze to choose your stitch out of the 250 available. The 7700 makes sewing and quilting easier and more fun with a range of features that will take you far beyond your sewing horizons.

Superior Plus Feed System -Say goodbye to puckering, shifting and slipping. This Janome engineering exclusive combines a patented advance cam mechanism with unique 7 piece feed dogs to maintain constant contact with the fabric.
Acufeed System – Feeds your top layer of fabric in perfect sync with the bottom on everything from thick quilt sandwiches to fine heirloom fabrics.
Automatic Plate Converter – Used with three main straight stitch options, convert effortlessly to a single round needle whole to make straight stitching more precise than ever.
Automatic Programmable Thread Cutter – Trims tails to less than half an inch and pulls needle thread to the back.
Extra Foot Pressure – It’s important that the presser foot has adequate downward force to keep fabric from slipping. The Horizon gives you seven levels of professional-grade pressure to choose from.
Exact Seams Without Measuring – Simply set the Horizon’s manual Cloth Guide to your seam width and save yourself a lot of measuring and marking. It attches to a track on the back of the bed and is set using the convenient ruler/scale markings available up the entire length of the arm. Pair it up with the extra wide table that comes standard with the 7700 for an enormous work space.
Widest Bed In It’s Class – with a work area 11 inches wide and 4.7 inches high, there is enough room to put the finishing touches on your largest pieces of work. Fitting a rolled queen size quilt under here means that you can finish those big projects too.

With the Horizon there is more of everything – more space, more innovation and more value!

Click HERE for More Information About the Horizon 7700

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Handi Quilter Sweet 16

9 November, 2011 By Danielle

Handi Quilter Sweet 16 NOW IN-STORE!

If you love to free-motion machine quilt but struggle to fit your project in a small throat space, you’re going to love the HQ Sweet Sixteen®. Sixteen inches of throat space gives you room to quilt even a king-size quilt. The smooth surface of the included table allows your project to glide under the needle. The powerful motor handles quilting with ease and stitches up to 1500 stitches-per-minute. Choose your three favorite top speed settings, on the easy-to-use color touch screen and let the machine remember them.

More Details:

Full 16” of throat depth provides more than 3 times the quilting space of domestic sewing machines, with over 8” of vertical space

Smooth table surface assures even quilting

Speeds up to 1500 precision stitches-per-minute

High-speed rotary hook with large capacity “M”-class bobbin

Hopping foot prevents fabric movement during a full-stitch cycle

Handles any thread: cotton, polyester, rayon, metallics, holographic, etc. Use larger threads for bobbin work

Set your top speed using the intuitive adjustable color-touch screen. Save your preferred speed settings with 3 customizable pre-sets. You can save one speed setting for slow, controlled quilting, one for free-motion and yet another for fast all-over designs

Change needles easily with Thumb Screw Needle Screw

Use Half-Stitch for basting or walking stitch

Responsive foot pedal with half-stitch control

Innovative Light Ring illuminates the quilting area with 28 LEDS

Use HQ Rulers for perfect stitch-in-the-ditch and curved quilting lines

Adjustable Color-Touch Screen includes:

Customizable speed control with 3 customizable settings

Stitch counters: Lifetime and resettable Trip Meter

Serial # display

Hardware and software info

Diagnostics

Volume control

Calculator

Easy setup and take-down

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New Bernina 5 Series Is Here and Continues Bernina’s Legacy of Precision

18 October, 2011 By Danielle

Like all Bernina machines, the new 5 series is an investment in precision and strength. Their sleek new lines give them a feel for the future, and the modern LCD display gives complete interaction and incremental control.

The 550 Quilter’s Edition offers over 140 stitches and stitch patterns, variable speed control, and all of the standard Bernina conveniences, working together around its powerful DC motor for unlimited sewing capacity. Combine this with their exclusive Bernina Stitch Regulator system allowing effortless and enjoyable free motion work even with a zig-zag stitch, and you have a machine that gives constant and reliable creativity.

Take a step further to the 580 and you get everything that the 550 is proud to offer, plus much more – including an embroidery arm. The full colour screen has a great range of editting functions, and with USB for fast design transfer, 100 built-in designs and 7 programable alphabets, you can add your personal touch to just about anything that your imagination can come up with.

You’ll find both of these great new machines ready for you to sit in front of at Sew This & That, and of course, we offer expert advice, on-going support, and confidence building sewing classes. Come in for a demonstration, or if you want to know more, just give us a call.

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Janome MC12000 is launched!

4 September, 2011 By Danielle

Janome MC12000 has been released at the Janome Convention in Orlando, Florida!!

Jenny is over in the US at the Janome Convention where they have just released the new Horizon Memory Craft 12000 (MC12000). So here are a few details for all you Janome fans!!

Top Features

A. Real-time PC connection with Horizon Link™
The touchscreen is certainly large enough to do on-screen editing. But if you want a view that’s much larger than any sewing screen can offer, connect the machine to your PC via our exclusive Horizon Link™. Now you can create and edit embroidery designs and stitch combinations on your computer with your mouse – anywhere, anytime.

Detachable AcuFeed Flex™ Layered Fabric Feeding System
The Memory Craft 12000 comes standard with two AcuFeed Flex™ feet. The Dual Prong Foot gives you extra traction. The Single Prong Foot lets you get in close. Both are easily detachable.

The Amazing Stitch Composer™
Use your PC to create original stitches from scratch. Or take existing stitches and alter them needle-drop by needle-drop. Your machine treats your custom creations just like built-in stitches; so you can edit, combine and save them to your machine or PC.

Sleek Linear Motion Embroidery System™
It slips neatly, discretely onto the back of your machine to give you a bigger embroidery area than ever before, with even greater accuracy. So discreet and sleek, you can leave it attached for regular sewing. So cleverly engineered, it’s the only machine to allow Free Arm embroidery: a Janome exclusive.

Some other great features of the new Janome Horizon MC12000:

Embroider or sew at up to 1000 spm with superior Janome stitch quality
15″ stainless steel plate in the sewing bed with embossed measurements
11″ to the right of the needle
9mm decorative stitches
Variable Zigzag via the knee lifter
One-step needle plate conversion
10 built-in LEDs in 5 locations
Retractable High Light™
Adjustable AcuView Magnifier™
91 needle positions
Auto presser foot lift

All information available on the new machine can be found at www.horizonmemorycraft12000.com

We will let you know in-store launch dates for the new Janome Horizon MC12000 ASAP!

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Bernette 610D Overlocker

24 May, 2011 By Danielle

Whether you are sewing soft furnishings, clothes or craft projects, the Bernette 610D will give you an easy and perfect result. The 610D includes a wide range of features that make it easy to use.

The swing-out free-arm front makes threading a cinch and stitch length, thread tension and differential feed can all be easily adjusted.

This is a very user-friendly model and its May pricing is excellent. If you have considered adding an overlocker to your sewing room, or are tired of the frustration of threading your current one, this is the perfect machine for you.

Call us or fill in the form below to get more information on pricing!

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Bernina 2011 Mother’s Day Specials

1 April, 2011 By Danielle

Check out the fantastic deals from Bernina leading up to Mother’s Day, come and see us in-store or give us a call if you want to know more…

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Need a Quote for a Flood Damaged Machine?

28 January, 2011 By Danielle

We know first hand how it feels to loose a machine to water damage and that sinking feeling when you pick it up and watch as the muddy waters flow out!

So if you need help with quotes for insurance to replace your recently flood damaged machine or know of anyone that requires assistance to replace their beloved machine come and see us! We are happy to help wherever you may be, we are only a phone call away. We guarantee we can provide a written quote on the spot if you come in to see us or have something to you in writing within 2hrs over the phone.

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