ramona-quilter Posted January 17, 2008 Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 Throw away your mirrors, somebody heard our wish. I was in the Quilted Rose today and they showed me a new gadget called a Quilters Eye. It is a tiny camera, 4 tiny lights on a piece of plastic 1.5" square that gets attachedto the side of the machine near the bobbin area. The camera points up at the backing. You can see every stitch. Puckers no more. The other part of it is a small monitor that sits on top of the machine (about the size of a dvd case) that displays what the camera sees. It is so cool. It will fit on all longarms. They have already gotten the patents for all the parts and plan to start marketing it soon. Price ? No idea. Here's a photo of the flyer: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcck00 Posted January 17, 2008 Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 Woo-hoo!!!! :cool::cool: Now that is good news! I can\'t wait for it to come out! Was there any mention of a timeline? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Beth Posted January 17, 2008 Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 That little monitor looks like a fish finder...I think we could all get one if our DH\'s are fishermen I know that is going to be my strategy!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnie Posted January 17, 2008 Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 Great idea....did they mention the cost of the little guy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted January 17, 2008 Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 That is wonderful! How much does it sell for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheri Butler Posted January 17, 2008 Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 Now that\'s some news! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmwife Darlene Posted January 17, 2008 Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 What won\'t they think of next! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonjaHammond Posted January 18, 2008 Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 I want one. I am tired on standing on my head or laying on the floor looking up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judi Posted January 19, 2008 Report Share Posted January 19, 2008 Interesting idea...... tiny little spy camera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramona-quilter Posted January 31, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 OK, I don\'t have a firm price but I heard that the price will be between $600 - $800. It is just amazing that you can see every single stitch so clearly. I\'ll let you know when the Quilted Rose has them in so we can know the price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SherryRogers Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 Isn\'t the new stitching that you are doing covered by the machine and or the base of the head? Or does it see thru all that and show you what you are doing before you get 1 foot of the quilting finished? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheri Butler Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 I agree w/Sherry. It says, and I quote: "you will see a magnafied "portion" of your quilt."......."portion" is the key word. I doubt it\'s going to show right where you are currently stitching. If it does, i\'d say it may be worth the hundreds of $$ they\'re asking for it. Dont get me wrong....I think it\'s a wonderful idea, just wondering how much you would have to frog out of it once you can see that your tension is off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenscratch Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 I\'m kind of thinking that a fish finder camera with the viewing screen might do the same thing. I might have to find out. I\'ll let you know if it works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramona-quilter Posted February 4, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2008 The camera w/lights is screwed onto the outside (left) of the head which makes the camera about a 1.5 to 2 inches from the needle. It is focused on the stitching directly above the camera or 1 - 2 inches from your needle. I have had to frog out a whole row of quilting because my bottom tension was bad. Yuck. A couple inches of frogging would be less time. Of course, you would have to turn the fish finder unit on and you would have to look at it to see the birds nest. It is a close-up camera. I thought that maybe a webcam would do the job but those cameras are not meant to focus on something that is only 1 - 2 inches away. Also, I\'m thinking that this would be more useful for machines that do not have a built-in thread cutter. I think that it would be useful for those times when you are trying a new thread and you are uncertain of the tension. I have always just used a mirror and a flashlight to look under the quilt. Visibility is not always good. It\'s a PITA but it was all that was available. I am not crazy about rolling the quilt to look at the back and then rolling it back... for me, that just adds the possiblity of puckers. Yikes. The only thing slowing me down is the price. I\'ll be interested in seeing the price when it comes out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cvrchota Posted February 14, 2008 Report Share Posted February 14, 2008 i don\'t know... for $600 - $800 i think i can continue hunting for my flashlight, bending my aching body, scratching and feeling the underside of my \'sandwich\', etc... wow...that\'s steep! for my budget, anyway... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catsigler Posted February 14, 2008 Report Share Posted February 14, 2008 For that price, I could buy digital cameras for both hands, and a spare! I use the macro mode to take photos, playback function, and enlarge the photos in the camera\'s viewing screen to see the stitch detail. Besides, crawling around under the quilt helps me stay flexible, and gets me doggy kisses too if Jack is around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxooms Posted February 14, 2008 Report Share Posted February 14, 2008 This actually seems like a fairly easy thing to accomplish with existing technology...I would guess others will "modify the idea" it and sell it cheaper...Someone w/a mid-level background in cameras/computers could likely accomplish this fairly easily...A trip to your local spy store, perhaps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted February 14, 2008 Report Share Posted February 14, 2008 Ok so here is a thought. I got a camera for my office, cost $100 and I can see people who enter the suite. I\'m in a side office and can\'t see who is coming in so when my assistant is out I\'m on my own. It work wonderfully! I think I could mount the same thing under my quilt and just hook it to my laptop and have a consistent view of the bottom for a whole lot less! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramona-quilter Posted February 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2008 I don\'t like spending that much money on anything but I am not convinced that any old digital camera will do the job. Optics are big business. I know my last digital camera could not take close-ups, it always blurred even from 6 inches out. 2 inches out, forget it. My new camera does allow me to get close-ups, I can get those nice 6-inch shots. I\'m going to try to see what I get when I get 2-inches away. Well, I couldn\'t use my flash or I would get white-out. I don\'t think that I can replicate those 4 tiny bright lights with my digital camera. The little viewer, fishfinder as Mary Beth describes it, is another thing entirely. That looks like one of those little portable car DVD screens and it sits on top of your control panel at the front of the machine. The next time I am in the Quilted Rose, I\'ll see if they will let me take a photo of the camera as it sits under the quilt so you can see how close it is. I bet there will be one of these babies at MQS. :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted February 15, 2008 Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 Linda, The camera I have isn\'t like a digital camera. It is a live feed of whatever it is pointed at. At work I have it at the main door and I can see very well a lot of detail. It works super for the purpose I put it there, which is to give me a picture on my computer of who might be headed for my office, especially when I\'m there alone. I can even log onto the network and watch from home. LOL had fun yesterday because I was home with car problems so I turned on the camera to keep an eye on the place. I saw one of ours students come in and my boss was going to help. Now you have to picture a very smart man with no common sense! LOL he really does try to help everybody but there are some things he shouldn\'t do. I called my assistants phone (she was out too with car problems) and my boss answered...I knew he would. I said to him, "so what are you looking for?" He had forgotten about the camera and started laughing. I really think the camera will work to see the underside of the quilt, you would just have to have a computer or laptop to get a good view of the underneath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marlette Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 I don\'t have a LA yet but I\'m wondering...mmmm why didn\'t any of you think of this "looking under the quilt stuff with cameras" before. ? You guys could be millionaires!LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennan100 Posted February 20, 2008 Report Share Posted February 20, 2008 WooHoo! Marlette is a brave girl! I think I like her!:cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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