I found a Baby Lock Ellageo 3 on facebook marketplace and decided to buy it. It's a 20 yr old sewing/embroidery machine and I'm very pleased with this purchase. I took it in for a spa day and had a new needle threader put on. It was sewing well before I took it in but it is even quieter now that it's been lubed up.
This machine does amazing decorative stitches. It's a 9mm but has feed dogs that move sideways so even larger decorative stitches can be done. The picture below shows a regular 9mm decorative stitch next to one of the larger stitches. I'm amazed how big it is.
But the reason I bought it was for the embroidery aspect. I plan to offer quilt labels to my customers and this machine has 11 beautiful embroidered alphabets.
I recommend buying used machines! You can find some pretty good deals if you're patient enough to wait for them to come along!
I've been working on this quilt for a customer. She used a fabric collection by Loralie and I think it's a beautiful quilt!
Here's a tip for other owners of the King Quilter 2. I placed a magnet on my handlebars using the screw that was already there. Now my scissors hang out right where I need them. You can find this magnet on the
Home Depot website. I also placed a small stick-on magnet that holds my self-threading needle used for burying threads. You can see it in this photo on the far left.