It was good enough to get me hooked on machine quilting on a frame. It was the first & only frame machine that I'd ever seen - around the same time Kay got hers. I'm another one who started off with this machine (Mega Quilter/Original Inspira frame). It may have sold already but possibly is worth a shot. I bet she will find something she loves!Linda, it seems there was a gal in the town of Brookings who was selling her Millie in case your friend is interested. There are so many used machines to chose from these days at great prices. I wish I had kept it for piecing.I, too, would steer her towards a slightly larger throat. But the 9 inch throat was really limiting. It did an fabulous good piecing and quilting on the frame. The Viking is supposed to be the same machine. I paid $1199 for my Pfaff Grandquilter new, years ago. Anyone interested in this Millie, shoot me an email and I'll direct you to the shop (Olympia, WA). I steered her in that direction because the Millie is off the table and sitting in her shop window-no way to test it so I think if it sits there for a couple of months she'll take a lot less just to move it. She is ready to take the next step, but I don't think she'll be happy with this set-up.A local sewing machine dealer has her Millie for sale with a 14' table for $8500. She's an avid piecer and DSM quilter who works at my favorite LQS. If she spends some time shopping and is willing to spend a little more money I think in the long run she would be happier with a different setup.
I have not kept up with the advances in hobby quilters but I think that they have come a long way since the days of the Mega and Grand quilters. The machines are good but the Inspira frames not so much. I was a very new quilter at that time and did not know much about the quilting process. By the time I got to the last borders I quilted what I thought I remembered I had quilted on the first borders, but of course it was different.Īs the quilt rolls on the takeup roller it consumes throat space and you could end up with only a couple of inches of space to quilt in, so quilt motifs have to be small. It took months for me to finish the king because I hated using the setup. I quilted 10 - 15 quilts on it, the last being a king. It was a PITA to advance the quilt and keep everything even. The first time that I used it I knew the quilting space was too small. I had the Pfaff Grand quilter with Inspira frame, same as the Viking.
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