Baby Lock has been manufacturing a line of sewing, embroidery and serging machines since 1948. They are also recognized worldwide for their innovative specialty machines that take the traditional needlarts of felting and sashiko to the next level by provide a fast, easy machine option with a look and feel of hand stitching.
Seen here with PBS Sewing Host Nancy is the Enterprise. With 10 needles and a speed of 1,000 stitches per minute, this machine is just the thing for anyone looking for industrial-like power in a home embroidery machine. The Enterprise is perfect for your most detailed embroidery designs and can help any embroidery business grow.
If you are in their region of the world in Vancouver, British Columbia Canada, they also offer courses. See their website for more information on their sewing courses.
Baby Lock is joining us at Creativ Festival this April 2013. You can try before you buy all their latest machines and create exciting free make ‘n takes. Make an elegant silk neck scarf on the Baby Lock Sashiko machine as you experience the simplicity, speed and ease of use. Or, serge an ipod or sewing case while experiencing a variety of serger stitches. You’ll be amazed that it’s sew quick and sew easy! Can’t wait to find out what they plan for fall.
For a first hand look and hands-on experience, be sure to stop by Baby Lock booth #257 & 361.
I figured I’d throw my 2 cents worth into the mancihe debate : ) I’ve used Bernina mancihes for years. My mom bought her first one, a Bernina 840, in 1974. It sews through 8 layers of denim without blinking, will go immediately to tulle and then to a knit without a hiccup. I bought a 940 when I graduated college in 1984 and have used it steadily since. I’ve run large professional costume shops and when the industrials stop working in the middle of a heavy build period (and they always do!) I pull out the Bernina’s and keep going.Back in 1996, over our Christmas/new years break at school there was a little event’ that flooded the costume shop. Everything was under five feet of water. The mancihes were on tables that were overturned and hit the floor where they stayed, underwater, until the area could be drained days later. They were completely soaked, filled with a fine silt that had been brought up from a sink hole under the building. I sent them out to see if they could be salvaged. They were dried out, tuned up and oiled and have worked PERFECTLY ever since!I’ve used the newer models but here is the major difference those controlled by computer chips stitch differently than those without(mechanical). While its lovely to be able to embroider three different versions of the alphabet and 60 borders at the touch of a button what I really want/need is the mancihe to go and go. All Bernina’s make beautiful button holes, some do it easier than others. The rest is all filler and fancy. When you have to make 20+ outfits a week, fancy filler isn’t necessary or useful.Test drive whatever mancihes you consider and take in your OWN fabrics, don’t use the very starched cotton swatches they choose. Use a denim, then a lightweight cotton, then a knit to see if the mancihe can handle the change in texture and weight. Ask if you can use a mancihe for a few days to just sew with (I’ve never had a problem test driving one). Good luck and have fun!