panto's

[djohns]

Does anyone know of a way to quilt using panto's from the front of their millenium?  I find it a pain not to see what I am quilting and going from the back to front to start/stop, when bobbin runs out, thread breaks etc.

 

Thanks for your help.

Denise

[shirleyl]

I've heard of a panto cam. I think Sparrow Studios has them but that is all I know. Maybe Matt will chime in when he gets a minute.

Shirley

[ffq-lar]

R&S Designs has QuiltCam for viewing your laser/panto on a screen on top of the machine. Listed on their site under Online Store.

 

http://www.rns-design.com

[cblevins]

I bought one from R & S about 8 months ago.....haven't used it yet..........

[marycontrary]

I bought one from R & S many months ago. Have been using it ever since and love it!  It's so much easier now to line up rows since you can see what you're doing and even dry run the whole row to make sure you have it set right. And by putting the panto under the plastic, you can either make marks with erasable markers or use blue tape to tell you where to stop or begin, because you can see them on the monitor. And you can see up front when you are getting near an edge and can just "scootch" along it instead of completing the design off the edge of the quilt. Once you get it set right for you and get used to it, you'll wonder how you ever did without it. Of course, this is coming from someone who will probably never buy a computer system and in my opinion only.