{"id":1224,"date":"2015-02-11T20:11:38","date_gmt":"2015-02-11T10:11:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pescapresents.com\/blog\/?p=1224"},"modified":"2015-04-19T20:20:05","modified_gmt":"2015-04-19T10:20:05","slug":"juki-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.pescapresents.com\/blog\/2015\/02\/juki-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Juki Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

Almost two years on and I’m still completely in love with my girl Suki, a Juki TL-98P. Seems I’m not the only one either, my previous post<\/a>\u00a0from when I first got this machine has been the most popular post on my blog ever since.<\/p>\n

\"Juki<\/p>\n

She gets plenty of attention when we go out to, every sew day there’s someone who wanders over… “Oh, so this is the Juki!” and I tell them all about how awesome she is. She’s not light to carry around but now that I’m used to sewing with her it’s worth the effort. At home she sits in my “proof of concept” aka hacked together drop in table, more on that and my new sewing space in an upcoming post!<\/p>\n

I’m now lost without my knee lift when I jump on another machine (though I kind of wish it was a little bit further to the right, and maybe not so low). I’ve also mastered the knack of the needle threader, yeay! All in all, she’s awesome and we really understand each other now.<\/p>\n

\"Juki<\/p>\n

As a follow up I contacted Juki to ask if there was any update on the possibility of an equivalent to the TL-2010 Q (available in the US) being released for those of us on a 240V power supply, but unfortunately there are no plans for one (I’m getting better with pedal control but would still love the speed limiter).<\/p>\n

That’s ok, the TL-98P is still a great machine and I’d buy a new one in a heart beat, hopefully when I do Suki can go to someone else who wants to try the Juki without committing to the full purchase price of a new machine, and they’ll fall in love with her to.<\/p>\n

The rep from Juki Singapore (a Juki subsidiary and regional HQ covering Oceania and Asia Pacific) was really helpful and also let me know they would be at the AQC Show in Melbourne this year, April 16-19 2015. They’ll have the Juki TL-98P there to see, and will be introducing the TL-2200QVP (a long arm quilting machine), along with their other machines. If you’ll be there go check them out.<\/p>\n

If you can’t make it to the show, the official dealers in Australia are:<\/p>\n