New Video: Gathering Foot V For The MC12000
This foot is for creating soft gathers in lightweight fabrics.
The Gathering Foot V has no moving parts, but it works like a mini ruffler to create small gathers on your fabric as you sew on your Horizon Memory Craft 12000. You can use it to gather a single layer of material or to gather a top piece of fabric as you sew it onto a bottom piece.
This optional foot is shaped like a reversed wedge--thicker in front of the needle and thinner behind. The result is that while you stitch, the feed dog gently and evenly gathers the fabric. For tighter or looser gathers, simply adjust the tension on your machine.
Using Gathering Foot V (9mm) To Create Soft Gathers
- Begin by attaching the foot to your MC12000. Be sure to first insert the back bar into the groove. Then snap on the foot.
- On the touch screen of your machine go to Utility Stitches. And choose a straight stitch.
- Press the Adjust Key. Change your stitch length to between 3 and 5. And change your upper tension to tighten the gathers. (The tighter the setting, the more gathers you will have.)
- Place your fabric under the foot and begin sewing. You'll create a beautiful, soft gather.
For larger ruffles use the Ruffler Foot.
To see this foot demonstrated watch the video Gathering Foot V: Creating soft gathers.
Try out Gathering Foot V and all the other MC12000 optional accessories at your local, authorized Janome dealer.
Watch The Gathering Foot Video
Holiday Wishbook Highlight: Quilting Project Packs
Over $720 in Quilting Gifts: 3 Great Project Packs Over 3 Months.
What could be better than a Janome quilting machine? How about your dream quilting machine plus three months of quilting project packs?
That's the special deal in our Holiday Wishbook promotion on Janome quilting machines.
When you purchase a qualifiying Janome quilting machine by Dec. 31st, 2012, you’ll also receive 3 monthly Quilt Project Packs. They each include a fun accessory, pretty fabric, and a corresponding project that will allow you to try out the included accessory right away.
The complete package has a retail value of $721.92!
Qualifying machines: 7700QCP, MC6600P or MC6500P.
What You Get In The Monthly Quilting Packages
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Quilting Project Pack #1
- Fabric Kit for City Park Quilt
- City Park Quilt Pattern
- Clear View Quilting Foot and Guide Set
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Quilting Project Pack #2
- Ribbon/Sequin Foot
- Beading Foot
- Circular Sewing Attachment
- 2 Fat Quarter Bundles
- Quilt Project Instructions
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Quilting Project Pack #3
- Iris Thread Kit
- Quilt Binder Set
- 2 Fat Quarter Bundles
- Quilt Project Instructions
Get complete details on this offer and see all the special packages on quilting and sewing machines, and accessories in our Holiday Wishbook. You can flip through it online or download to browse as a PDF. (With 25 pages of offers and coupons, it's well-worth a look.)
Then go see everything in person at your dealer. Look for the 
icon in our Dealer Locator indicating participating dealers near you.
Go To Our Online Holiday Wishbook 2012
Take Our Embroidery Survey
We want to hear your ideas on built-in designs!
If you have experience with machine embroidery, we'd like to pick your brain. Specifically, we're looking for your input on the kinds of built-in embroidery designs that come with a Memory Craft machine and the size of hoop you most often use.
Please take a minute to fill out our online survey. Your answers will be confidential and your feedback will help us decide which kinds of design packages to include in future machines.
If you're new to Janome embroidery, you can find out more about our top-of-the-line Horizon Memory Craft 12000. And then try it out for yourself at your authorized Janome dealer.
Go To Our Online Embroidery Survey
Reminder: Don't Miss Kym Goldup-Graham's Sewing Revolution Tour
Learn amazing ideas for Janome sewing, appliqué, quilting, and machine embroidery from one of our favorite Aussie authors.
Kym Goldup-Graham is on her whirlwind US Tour, where she'll be sharing her innovative techniques at Janome dealers across the country. Below are the remaining dates for mid-November and early December.
Kym Goldup-Graham U.S. Remaining Tour Dates
Super Stitch, North East, PA - Nov. 16, 17
Huntsville Sew and Vac, Huntsville, AL - Nov. 27
Stuart Sew n Vac-Stuart, FL - Nov. 30, Dec. 1
South Sound Sew n Vac-Olympia, WA - Dec. 4, 5
Longview Sewing Center, Longview, WA - Dec. 7, 8
Kym is an international teacher, author and inventor of sewing related products. Along with Ann Duncan, she founded The Sewing Revolution®. Most of their products relate to accessories produced by Janome. They are both passionate and enthusiastic about their craft and love to share the secrets to sewing they have learned with others. Ann and Kym currently write a column for a machine embroidery magazine, and their latest book Infinity Quilt is sold worldwide.
Use the Dealer Locator to find the site nearest you. Find out more about Kym, her book, and quilting products.
Learn More About The Sewing Revolution
New Video: Buttonhole Foot B for the MC12000
Use it for buttons that are larger than one inch.
When you want to make a regular size buttonhole on your Horizon Memory Craft 12000, you use the Automatic Buttonhole Foot R. It measures your button automatically and sews out the correct size hole.
But what if your button is too big for Buttonhole Foot R--one inch across or bigger? You use the optional Buttonhole Foot B (9mm). It utilizes the MC12000's built-in buttonhole memory so once you've sewn one hole, you can repeat it multiple times.
The foot is easy to use and has grooves on the back to allow it to move smoothly over the buttonhole stitching.
How To Use Buttonhole Foot B To Make A Large Buttonhole
- Using a water-soluble marker, mark the size of your desired buttonhole on your fabric.
- Attach the foot to your machine.
- On the touch screen go into Buttonholes. Select Buttonhole #2, which will memorize the buttonhole length.
- Place the bottom of your marked buttonhole at the needle position. Start sewing.
- When you reach the top mark, touch the Reverse button. The machine will stitch the top bar tack and return to the bottom.
- Once it reaches the bottom, touch the Reverse button again and it will sew the other side of the buttonhole.
- At the top of the buttonhole, touch the Reverse button one last time, so it will complete the stitch and knot-off.
The size of the buttonhole has now been memorized and the machine will sew additional buttonholes at this same size.
To see this demonstrated watch the video Buttonhole Foot B: Creating an extra large buttonhole.
Try out Buttonhole Foot B (9mm) and all the other MC12000 optional accessories at your authorized Janome Dealer.
Watch The Extra Large Buttonhole Video
Oh Baby! New Projects at Sew4Home Make Great Gifts
From bibs to bottle carriers to a beautiful diaper bag, Sew4Home has a baby bonanza!
Janome has been the exclusive sewing machine sponsor of the inspirational Sew4Home website since its very beginning, and we've never been disappointed with the great projects they dream up with for sewing enthusiats. You can do their projects on any Janome model, although, the Sew4Home team often feature specific Janome presser feet and accessories that make the job faster, easier and give you a more professional finish.
Sew4Home recently posted a ten-part series of baby projects, including two great how-to tutorials: one on sewing with knits and another on working with iron-on vinyl.
Check out the free projects (maybe with free downloadable patterns) for: snap-on bibs, a travel diaper case with laminated changing pad, knit receiving blankets with cute matching hats, thermal baby bottle carrier, protective splat mat, adorable binky leashes with their own little case, and a diaper bag that's so pretty - you'll want it for your own everyday tote.
Angela Yosten Project: Too Tight Onesie Made Into Just Right Baby T-shirt
It's a quick fix with a cover hem stitch.
Babies grow so fast. It seems like you get only a few weeks out of a onsie before it's straining at the bottom snaps.
Moda Bake Shop designer Angela Yosten has come up with a quick and easy fix, using the Janome 1000CPX CoverPro. You simply cut off the snaps and finish off the bottom of the onsie with a professional looking cover hem stitch.
Voila, it's now a t-shirt your baby can still wear.
Get complete instructions for the Too Tight Onesie Made Just Right T-shirt project. It requires Beginner skills and will take less than an hour.
Angela Yosten is the author of Stop. Go. Quilt. Sew! 12 Fun Projects For Boys to Enjoy, and a contributor to quilting books Modern Blocks, and Fresh Fabric Treats.
The CoverPro 1000CPX is the marriage of an industrial-style cover hem machine and a convenient home machine. The result is a high-speed, long arm, heavy-duty cover hem machine that looks and operates like a sewing machine.
Try out the 1000CPX at your local Janome Dealer.
Go To Too-Tight Onsie To T-Shirt Project
Coming To A Dealer Near You: Kym Goldup-Graham's Sewing Revolution
This educator from Down Under will show you amazing ideas for Janome sewing, appliqué, quilting, and machine embroidery.
Kym Goldup Graham is one of the most creative and entertaining sewing authors you'll ever see. For us in America, it's usually impossible to drive to one of her presentations--since she lives in Australia.
But here's the good news. She's currently on a U.S. Tour and possibly coming to a dealer near you. (Scroll down for the dates and locations.)
Kym Goldup-Graham is an international teacher, author and inventor of sewing related products. Along with Ann Duncan, she founded The Sewing Revolution®. Most of their products relate to accessories produced by Janome. They are both passionate and enthusiastic about their craft and love to share the secrets to sewing they have learned with others. Ann and Kym currently write a column for a machine embroidery magazine, and their latest book Infinity Quilt is sold worldwide.
Kym Goldup-Graham U.S. Tour Dates
Quilter’s Alley, Paducah, KY - Nov. 7
Moore’s Sewing, Louisville, KY - Nov. 9
Sew-Ezy Studio, Cincinnati, OH - Nov. 10
Westerville Sew n Save, Westerville, OH - Nov. 12
Edwards Sewing Center, Ft. Wayne, IN - Nov. 13, 14
Super Stitch, North East, PA - Nov. 16, 17
Huntsville Sew and Vac, Huntsville, AL - Nov. 27
Stuart Sew n Vac-Stuart, FL - Nov. 30, Dec. 1
South Sound Sew n Vac-Olympia, WA - Dec. 4, 5
Longview Sewing Center, Longview, WA - Dec. 7, 8
Use the Dealer Locator to find the site nearest you. Find out more about Kym, her book, and quilting products.
Learn More About The Sewing Revolution
Holiday Wishbook Highlight: Embroidery Project Packs
Over $1000 in Embroidery Gifts: 3 Great Project Packs Over 3 Months.
Wouldn't it be fun to keep receiving Christmas gifts in the mail all the way into spring?
That's what you get with our special Holiday Wishbook promotion on Memory Craft Embroidery machines.
When you purchase a qualifiying Janome embroidery machine by Dec. 31st, 2012, you’ll also receive 3 monthly Embroidery Project Packs. They each include a fun accessory, pretty fabric, and a corresponding project that will allow you to try out the included accessory right away. The complete package has a retail value of $1,001.25!
The qualifying machines are the Horizon Memory Craft 12000, Memory Craft 11000 Special Edition, Memory Craft 9700, and the Memory Craft 350E.
Spoiler Alert: Read On To Find Out What's In The Monthly Packages
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Embroidery Project Pack #1
- Janome Polyester Thread Set No. 1
- Lunchbox Quilt Designs Cocktail Recipe Towels Project CD,includes 12 embroidery designs
- THREE Towels From All About Blanks
- Project instructions
- AquaMesh Wash-Away, 10” x 10 yards
- EZ Snips
- Janome Polyester Thread Set No. 2
- Artistic Monogram Software
- 2 Pashminas
- Project instructions
- AquaMesh Plus, 10” x 5 yards
Embroidery Project Pack #2
- Janome Polyester Thread Set No. 3
- Anita GoodDesignTM Embroidery CD Collection, “Baby Designs”
- TWO Baby Onesies
- Project instructions
- PolyMesh Cut-Away, 10” x 10 yards, white 1.5 oz
- Jenny Haskins’ book A Place in the Sun - a Quilt In The Hoop
Embroidery Project Pack #3
Get complete details on this offer and see all the special packages on quilting and sewing machines, and accessories in our Holiday Wishbook. You can flip through it online or download to browse as a PDF. (With 25 pages of offers and coupons, it's well-worth a look.)
Then go see everything in person at your dealer. Look for the icon in our Dealer Locator indicating participating dealers near you.
Go To Our Online Holiday Wishbook 2012
Powered By Janome: Fine Art Quilter Laurie Brainerd
She's an artist who uses machine quilting techniques on dye-painted fabric .
Laurie Brainerd is a contemporary quilter whose work is displayed and sold in fine art galleries. Several of of her pieces have toured at the Quilt Festivals. She's had a large installation in the lobby of Baptist Mission Trail Hospital in San Antonio. Her work has been featured in publications, including 500 Art Quilts, Journey of Hope, and Lone Stars III. And we're very proud to say she does her quilting on a Janome Memory Craft 6600 Professional.
Laurie's mom taught her to sew when she was around 8 years old. As she got older she sewed on and off, making things like Halloween costumes. In high school she deliberately avoided Home Ec, because even though she knew how to sew, she hated cooking. So she took Shop instead.
Laurie says, "Over the years, I used sewing for home decorating projects. I started making art quilts when I was 40 years old--when I had enough space--physical, temporal, and emotional--all at the same time!"
Laurie always felt like an artist but just didn't know which medium she could really work in. Then she discovered fabric art. She says, "I have always been drawn to the texture of textiles. I first learned about fine art quilting when a friend gave me a catalog of an early Quilt National where she had volunteered. I had never heard of the medium until then, but was instantly smitten."
She discovered Janome when she was researching getting a new machine with a sturdier walking foot. Laurie says she asked the art quilter, Lisa Call, how she had solved that problem. Lisa uses the built-in technology on another brand. Laurie says, "I discovered that Janome also had this feature. And when I test drove both machines, the Janome 6600P was superior."
Laurie adds that another big plus is that her MC6600P fits the flatbed space on her Sew Perfect table.
She's looking forward to moving to the West Coast where she'd like to create a micro studio--less space but more functional. She's going to continue working on her unique surface design techniques, while fully exploiting what quilts can do that paintings can’t.
See more of Laurie Brainerd's work on her website gallery and blog.
You can see her quilting machine at your local Janome dealer.
Find Out More About The MC6600P
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