The new baby arrived!

Last week the baby arrived.....the Singer Quantum 9960!

The third baby in my sewing machine collection found her spot next to my Juki Quilt & Pro. 

My Quantum will be used for sewing garments and my traveling machine.  I've broken her in and I must say this baby runs so quietly and smoothly that I feel like the sewing machine has a luxury car engine and chasis!  Of course my first project on my machine is the stitch sampler.  The machine is equipped to produce 600 built-in stitch patterns including five alphanumeric fonts and 13 fully automatic one-step buttonholes.  Well I will say that after sewing four 7x10 blocks of stitches.....I still have not utilized every single stitch for the sampler!  Will I ever use all 600 stitches....who knows....but it makes for a nice challenge.  I did do days upon weeks of reading reviews, pouring over websites, and checking the machine out in it's flesh at the local sewing store before making the purchase. 

The 5 pros that I loved about this machine are:

1.  The abundance of pressure feet that came along with the machine.

All purpose foot
Zipper foot
Button sewing foot
Satin stitch foot
Buttonhole foot with underplate
Open toe foot
Blind hem foot
Overcasting foot
Narrow hem foot
Cording foot
Quarter inch foot
Darning and embroidery foot
Even feed foot
Adjustable Bias Binder Foot
Single Welt Cording Foot
Braiding Guide
Braiding Foot
Clear Stitch-in-Ditch Foot
Fancy Trim Foot

2.  Lucky for me the bonus sewing feet came with these handy dandy info sheets....perfect for the novice sewers like myself who really don't know the purpose is for the different sewing feet!

3.  The bobbins are the same for my Quantum as the Futura!

4.  It is a compact machine with a larger sized machine capabilities!

5.  Machine case and extended table came with the purchase!

Now for the con:
The only problem that I have had is that the needle threading is a bit frustrating and time consuming compared to the big sisters Futura and Juki that I currently have. 

The next test will be the traveling component.....I'm taking a little road trip and will bring Missy Q (her pet name) with me to do some quilt piecing!