I got my birthday present a couple days early this year, and it couldn’t have come at a better time!

Meet my new Husqvarna Viking Mega Quilter! (stock photo)

my new best friend

Business has been absolutely fabulous lately (thank you, JBQ customers!), and I’ve been quilting like a mad woman. Up until now, I’ve been crafting all my quilts (and everything else) on my trusty-but-basic Janome. The Janome was my Christmas present back in 2002, and has probably sewn itself around the world a few times with the amount of sewing I’ve done in the past 7 years (has it really been 7 years?)

Don’t get me wrong – I LOVE my Janome machine, and will absolutely still use it for fancy stitches and whenever I need the free arm, but the HV Mega Quilter is something else entirely. I have only used it for a day – albeit a day in which I constructed an entire quilt top – but it’s safe to say I’m in love.

It sews like buttah. Honestly! It is just so (sew) smooth and even and fast… I don’t know how I lived without it for so long!

But not only can I sew better & faster, I can also do things I never could do with my standard-sized Janome – I can make full, queen and even king quilts! There is just so much more room in the arm/throat/whatever you refer to it as. I’ve had so many requests over the years for full sized quilts, and I am thrilled to say that I can now do it.

Needless to say, it’s been a great birthday – and it’s not even my birthday yet!