Hi all, I bought my 12000 four weeks ago tomorrow and am enjoying it very much. So far everything has worked extremely well. I appreciate this list and the information shared. This is my first Janome

Hi Linda, Not only can you leave the embroidery unit attached, you want it attached to use the wonderful fabric guide. I am a quilter and I used the fabric guide to give me perfect channel stitching (

Hi, I am like Barbara, this is my first Janome (if you don't count my Pfaff Grand Quilter which I have been told is made by Janome). I would also like to be on the waiting list for a good instruction

Hi, I bought the Janome trolley for the 12000. I like that it has two side handles to pick up the whole thing or for two people to carry it. It has the main handle on the top and then the telescoping

Hi all, I have been embroidering and wondered what pre-wounds or bobbin thread does everyone use? This is the first drop in bobbin machine that I have owned and I wondered if that makes a difference i

Hi again, I was quilting today on a quilt made up of strips stitched horizontally together and I was stitching with the 1/4 inch walking foot across the width of the quilt with variegated thread. So f

Hi Jim, I bought the Foot Book for my Ipad and love it! I went to my local store and bought the Clear View Quilting Foot Part #200-449-001, which didn't fit my machine when I got it home, bummer. I ha

I agree with Joy completely. I have finished two twin sized camp quilts that were made from 2 1/2" strips. Lots of seams. then quilted by using the straight and serpentine stitches. Strong enough for

You have my vote. I love my Ipad and would be happy to use it for Horizon Link, to load designs that are emailed to me into the machine. I have used the Ipad to watch videos of the different feet in u

A little butterfly in matching thread never seems out of place but more like a surprise design element. Estelle

Hi Cheryl, That sounds like a good solution. Remember you can resize the design in our wonderful machines a little bit which might be all that you need. It was very sweet of you to reply since you mus

Thank you Jim for the information and thank you Maureen for asking the question about changing images on the screen saver. I now have pictures of my new grandson as my screen saver and I am sewing dia

Hi Marcia, Thanks for the reply about the Janome needles. I think I will save the Schmetz needles for my old Pfaff and invest in some Janome needles. So far I have quilted and pieced with both kinds o

Hi tj, I hope you saw my message to Marcia about quilting on the 12000. I also am doing a lot of baby designs on clothes for my new grandson. The machine is fantastic for both quilting and embroidery!

Hi all, So here I am at a quilting retreat with my wonderful 12000 and I go to sew and most of the stitches are greyed out. What button did I turn on or off to cause this? I wanted to use the patchwor

Hi Donna, Thank you for answering my plea. You are correct. I had the straight stitch plate on. The funny thing is that I woke up about four this morning and thought of that. I am stitching away today

Hi Vickie, Thanks for your help. You are correct, I had the straight stitch plate on. I am back to piecing this morning. Estelle Sent from my iPad

Hi Irene, The Janome 12000 is my first Janome and I am loving it. I have been a Pfaff person since 1994; owned a 7550, 7560, 7570, 2140, 2144 up graded to a 2170 and owned a Viking before that. I want

Hi Vikki, In the ScreenSaverTool did you remember to click on "Write Bin" icon on the left side of the screen near the top and then when a new box opens you need to click the button labeled "Write". T

Hi all, I am loving my Janome 12000 for embroidery, especially baby bibs and onesies but now I have a large quilt to quilt! I have been using the Janome 12000 sitting on top of a Koala cabinet that us