JUKI TL-2000Qi Sewing and Quilting Machine

This machine is a workhorse when needed to be and a dream machine for quilting. It’s so quiet as it works away. Straight stitch with only a reverse but that’s all you need really. It’s a heavy machine and stays put it doesn’t bounce on your table while it’s sewing. I can’t find a thing I don’t like about it. Even the hard cover it came with is decent quality. You can free motion quilt up to a king size quilt on it (has a huge throat) and it is super fast!

I got this machine as it's a domestic/industrial machine. It's great for heavy duty sewing, and also quilting as you can lower the feed dogs on it. It's a straight stitch machine so I'll still need my brother for fancy stitches but not a problem. It's a workhorse of a machine and sees great. My only disappointment is that it came with a walking foot rather than a free motion foot which I'd have preferred....costs £40 for the foot so another cost factor on top of the voltage converter I needed to buy. Still happy with it so far 👍

Es la mejor!!! Amo mi máquina, el color es perfecto, la mesa añadida es única. El precio fue el mejor que encontré. En México no encontramos este modelo. Hago quilting y bolsas, etc. Súper fácil de entender y manejar. La recomiendo muchísimo.

I've had this machine a few years now and like everyone else, I absolutely love it. However, there are a few quirks and after spending hours on videos and blogs, here's some things I've discovered: 1. You absolutely must use the correct needles. Organ HLx5. It says this in the manual but it's not stressed enough. Otherwise the thread breaks often, as other users have mentioned. 2. It's very easy to load the bobbin into the bobbin case backwards which causes bad stitching and looks like the tension is wrong. Even though I've used this type of bobbin for years, I keep the picture in the manual handy and always look at it when I load the bobbin. 3. The tension on the machine should be light, around 1.75 and also light on the feed dogs. Aurafil thread works best but regular Walmart thread is ok, too. 4. I love the automatic cutter but it often causes the needle to become unthreaded. The solution to this is to put the needle in the up position before hitting the cutter button. Then, before lifting the pressure foot, pull the fabric back out of the feed dogs. This will pull a little bit of thread out, enough so that it doesn't come unthreaded. (Thank you Chatgpt for telling me this tip which I didn't believe until I tried it. Now it's automatic to do it this way.) Also, if you get rat's nests on the bottom fabric from using the thread cutter, just start on a little scrap piece of fabric that you can discard. Most of the time, the rats' nests aren't a problem but if I don't want to have one, that's what I do. This is a problem with most automatic cutters, not just the Juki. 5. Unlike my Janome and Brother machines, I have never had any luck with the automatic threader on this machine. I just use a little wire embroidery threader (only a couple of dollars on Amazon.) With the right needles, it's very easy to thread it manually. 6. Users say that the backwards pushing feature on the foot pedal that cuts the thread is annoying and they hit it accidentally. I agree and you can buy a little rubber piece that fits on the foot pedal. Just search Juki reverse pedal stopper. $13.50 on Amazon. It will save you a lot of grief. 7. I use a quilting bar all the time to quilt parallel lines. The walking foot that came with the machine doesn't have a bar and I tried to buy other walking feet with them but none of the worked. I final found "Quilting foot with left and right guides" $7.99 on Amazon. It is a regular type of foot with quilting bars. This isn't a walking foot but the machine is so strong you almost never need to use one. I've used it a bunch and it goes through many layers of fabric with foam or batting easily. It saves hours of drawing quilting lines which I hate doing. 8. While you're buying accessories, buy a "stubby flat head screw driver". This will help open up the needle plate easily and you need to do this fairly often to clean underneath it. 9. this machine can go very, very fast and I sometimes wish I'd upgraded to the next level that has a speed control. But it's an expensive upgrade so unless you sew for a living, I don't think it's really necessary. Although it sometimes runs away from you, you get used to it. BTW, it not only sews fast, it sews straight and it's easy to keep the fabric in line (another lovely feature). 10. That's my summary of things that will make you love this machine even more. Even though I've got fancier machines, I use this one most and I'd never part with it. You don't need all the fancy stitches that other machines have and this machine, when used correctly, produces beautiful stitching and goes through multiple layers like butter. Just buy it!!!

I bought this machine at it is perfect for my quilting. This is only a straight stitch machine so if you need fancy stitches, it's not for you. But if you only need strait stitch and want super fast speed this is the one. The throat is big enough for a king size quilt to fit. If you are in the UK as I am you need a voltage converter as its 110V. I bought one on here and it works a dream.