Welcome!
Janome has just introduced its new Horizon Memory Craft 12000. That's a long name, but it is fabulous.
We are not one of the big online sewing machine and vacuum dealers. We just have Janomes (pronouced Ja KNOW me) and we love them. Our store is in suburban Chicago. If you'd like more information, just call the store, quiltfabric.com, and talk to us. I (Chris the owner) am probably the one to help you, but if I am not there, by all means let someone else try to help you or at least leave me a message. Now back to the exciting new machine.
I made a video of me taking it out of the box at home in September. Now I am uploading the videos we did at the store on Oct. 1st.
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLfqDtIbwGA This one shows Susan, our main embroiderer seeing it for the first time as she unpacks it at the store, quiltfabric.com.
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oeCTZDm1Qo This one shows how to get set up to embroider.
3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGUgjTx43-M This one shows the Horizon Link that connects your computer to the Janome 12000.
4. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NroN32RqdmM This video shows how fast it embroiders and how well it cuts the jump stitches and buries the threads.
The new Janome 12000 was introduced to us at Institute in Florida over Labor Day Weekend. Offically named the Janome Horizon Memory Craft 12000, let's just call it the Janome 12000 from now on. It has been about 5 years since the previous top of the line Janome was introduced - the 11000. There was quite a lot of new features to catch up on, and then of course, jump out in the lead with.
I spent a full day at Institute sewing on the Janome 12000, but then had to tear myself away from it and wait for one to be shipped to the store. Then I got distracted and didn't take it out of the box until the other night. My son made a video of me doing that. I'll plug it in here, along with other videos as we make them.
I spent a lot of time sewing on it on my day off yesterday. Wow. It is so smooth and almost reads your mind as far as lifting the foot, lowering the foot and cutting threads. I was working on some paper piecing of a Judy Niemeyer pattern that I had started on another machine. Wow again. The sewing features are fantastic.
Tonight I hope to get to embroidering on the Janome 12000. Being more of a quilter, than an embroiderer at heart, there were a few things mentioned at Institute that I want to try out. There are so many things that it can do that we barely scratched the surface in the one day of sewing.
We are a full service Janome dealer. We are in the process of getting set up to sell Janomes on the internet, probably by mid November. FYI, certain models are designated to be sold online, and others can only be sold at a store. We will have both.
In the meantime, you can call and ask for CHRIS to get your best deal. If you live in the Chicago area, come see us.
Janomes are wonderful machines, so please come see them at the store if you are in the area. We are located one mile north of I-55 on Route 83 at the corner of 75th street. That is also about seven miles south of Oak Brook Mall. We are even open on Sunday afternoons, but not Mondays. If you would rather call first, the number is (630) 321-9051.
Janomes are great because you get much more for your money and they almost never need repair. That doesn't mean you shouldn't have it serviced, just that they can take a lot of use.