88 of 88 people found the following review helpful
Brother PS 1500Q Sewing Machine,
March 20, 2011 Leslie - See all my reviews
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I purchased this machine to be used exclusively for free motion quilting. I did a lot of research, and yes, there were some really bad reviews, but way more good reviews. I've had really good luck with Brother machines, and this machine had more of the features I needed for the setup I was creating so I decided to go for it.
I'm pretty machine savvy and no, it did not work perfectly when I took it out of the box, it was doing a lot of looping on the underside. But once I adjusted the tension on the bobbin (which was WAY off), adjusted the presser foot pressure (the color guide adjustment window made it super easy) and the thread tension dial - and got all 3 in sync, which just took a little time and patience, the stitches were perfect! I then dropped the feed dogs, there's a dial that also makes this function super easy, readjusted my presser foot pressure using the color guide window, again super easy, and started practicing free motion quilting and the result is all...Read more
49 of 49 people found the following review helpful
Love this machine!,
October 7, 2010 Laura Miron - See all my reviews
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Purchased this machine even after reading a few poor reviews and were they wrong!
This is a great machine for free motion quilting and piecing! I have had it for almost a month and it's getting used almost daily, no thread breakage, no needle breakage even at full speed. The only thing I wish it had was a bobbin out indicator. Totally satisfied with it.
42 of 43 people found the following review helpful
Brothers PQ1500S Quilting Sewing Machine,
January 27, 2010 E. Hudson (Rochester, MN) - See all my reviews
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Purchased for my wife based on others who owned one.It turned out to be an excellant machine. She was well satistfied with its overall preformance.Amazon had the best price.