The Intelligent Feed System (SFS-i), is the latest evolution of the Janome Superior Feed System +.
The Superior Feed System + features a 7 piece feed dog that moves in a box feed motion, as opposed to the traditional elliptical motion. This means that when the feed teeth come up from below the needle plate they all come up at the same time, gripping the fabric from below and moving the fabric evenly. At the end of the movement all of the feed teeth drop at the same time, ensuring that there is no fabric movement when the needle is in the fabric. This style of movement, combined with Adjustable Foot Pressure, give the SFS + models strong and consistent fabric feeding capabilities.
On the Continental M7 Professional, a new feature has been added to the SFS-i, where the feed teeth will automatically lower when the foot is raised, and the feed teeth will then raise again once the machine begins sewing. This is especially handy when sewing with bulky fabric, overlocked fabric, stretch fabric, t-shirt fabric and fabric with a looped pile, as the fabric can easily be placed before sewing and removed at the end of sewing without any risk of the feed dogs catching on the fabric.
Upper Feed Teeth moves forward and then gently moves the fabric back with the Lower Feed Teeth
Upper Feed Teeth REPLICATES Lower Feed Teeth for maximum contact with fabric and better fabric movement, eliminating gathering, puckering and pulling
Twin Dual Feed Holder Upper Feed Dogs reach in front of the needle to assist in feeding from the fabric when sewing from the edge of the fabric
Interchangeable Sole allows for a variety of specialty feet and applications
The system uses Upper Feed Teeth in conjunction with the Lower Feed Teeth to gently move the multiple layers of fabric through the machine. The Upper feed teeth move with the fabric as the Lower feed teeth move, feeding both the top and bottom layers of fabric at the same time.
All AcuFeed Flex models come with the Twin AcuFeed foot which is a mirror image of the regular feed dogs. When the foot is lowered it then applies pressure evenly to the top and bottom of the fabric, which allows for both layers to be moved together at the same rate.
The Twin AcuFeed foot is unique because the feed teeth extend in front of the needle allowing for fabric in front of the needle to be moved by the upper feed teeth. This feature gives the AcuFeed flex system an advantage over other feet which only begin moving the fabric with the upper feed system once the fabric is past the needle.
The AcuFeed Flex system is set up so that the Upper and Lower feed teeth both move at the same rate, but there are times when the Upper feed is required to move at a faster/ slower rate. This allows the top layer of fabric to move at a different rate, eliminating puckering or stretching of the top layer if it is a different material to the bottom layer. The feeding rate of the Upper feed teeth is regulated by adjusting the Dual Feed Balance (refer to your instruction on how to adjust).
AcuFeed Flex is a feature only available on premium Janome sewing models Memory Craft 15000QM, Continental M7 Professional, Memory Craft 9450QCP, Skyline S9, Memory Craft 8200 QC, Memory Craft 6700P, Skyline S7, Skyline S6. There are three variation of Acufeed Flex feet available in the Janome range Twin, Single and Professional. There are many different options to choose from so we have listed all options below.
The twin AcuFeed Flex is Standard Accessory for ALL AcuFeed Flex models
• Dual Feed Holder (Twin) 859 817 004 (Standard part)
• Dual Feed Sole AD 859819109 (Standard part)
• Dual Feed Open Toe UD (Twin – Sole only) 202 149 004
• ¼” Piecing OD (Twin – Sole only) 202 103 004
• Ditch Quilting STD (Twin – Sole only) 202 103 006
• Straight Stitch (Twin – Sole Only) 202 102 005
AcuFeed Flex – Single
• Dual Feed Holder (Single) 859 833 006
• Dual Feed Foot VD (Single – Sole only) 859 835 101
• Dual Feed Foot ED (Single – Zipper Sole only) 859 838 001
AcuFeed Flex-Professional Grade Foot
• For use with Memory Craft 15000QM, Continental M7 Professional, Memory Craft 9450QCP, Memory Craft 6700P
• HP2 – Straight Stitch Foot – 202415004
NEW MODEL with the biggest workarea. The Continental M7 Professional is the next generation sewing machine with 343mm (13.5″) of workarea. It is packed with features for you to enjoy your sewing experience. There is a large 7″ LCD colour touch screen with a clock, 400 built-in stitches, including 13 buttonholes and 4 alpha numeric fonts including 9mm lettering and numbers. You can customise each stitch including buttonholes plus save as a favourite stitch. Sewing Applications gives you a large variety of pre-set stitch functions, including a quilting menu plus sewing feet menu. Quilters and designers will appreciate the automatic needle plate change-over, AcuFeed™ Flex Layered Fabric Feeding System, automatic Presser Foot Lift, Electronic Automatic Tension Control, independent bobbin winder plus a NEW Janome AcuSpark App which includes videos, instructions and tips. The CM7P offers you extensive lighting with 9 bright white LED lights over 4 locations to aluminate the work space. Personalize your sewing projects by creating your own stitches using the Stitch Composer Software supplied with the machine (windows PC only), plus with the screen saver tool (windows PC only) add your own photos to the machine screen.
The Artistic Edge offers you an endless amount of options for every kind of crafter!
The included Artistic Simple Cut software can do much more than just basic editing. Use one of 3,500 included designs, import artwork that you have already made, or create your own! Scrapbookers will love the ability to create custom shapes; quilters will love creating one-step appliqué and decorators will love the projects that they can create for the home.
Select from 2 sizes the 15’’ or the 12’’ wide.
Artistic Simple Cut Software
• Includes 3,500 embroidery and appliqué designs.
• Create One-Step Appliqué
• Includes all of the tools you need to design your own custom artwork.
• Use the Print-and-Cut feature to cut out precise shapes from printed fabric and paper.
Heavy Duty Industrial Design
• 3 industrial strength cutting blades (Fabric, Paper, Template)
• High Quality Aluminium body
• Long lasting LED lights
• Commercial grade steel components
Serious Power
• Maximum Cutting speed – 600 mm/sec
• Maximum Cutting Pressure – 750g
• Laser alignment
• Fine tuning blade holder for precise adjustments
What you get:
• 15” or 12” cutting width
• Wireless connection to your PC (Edge 15 only)
• Includes free Artistic Simple Cut software
• Commercial grade metal housing
• LED Light on inside for better visibility when setting up detailed cuts
• Maximum Cutting speed of 600mm/second – double that of the Cameo and 10% faster than Zing
• Print and cut with Artistic Simple Cut software
A little bit of embroidery goes a long way to spice up the plainest clothing, bags and household interior. Use embroidery to personalize items and bring an extra touch of class to gifts.
You can even embroider on a pair of socks or wrist bands using the special hoops that are compatible with your Janome Embroidery machine. Use embroidery to turn a room and wardrobe from simple to simply gorgeous. Let your cushions, bed linens, clothes and hats be the canvas for you to bring it all to life.
Free-standing embroidery expands your embroidery possibilities. Stitched on water-soluble stabilizer which is rinsed away, leaving you with only the embroidered thread. Perfect for making lace, jewellery and even accents to use in scrapbooking.
Check out our range of embroidery only machines that could be added to your current collection of sewing machines.
This range of machines have been designed for every type of sewing – everyday projects, home décor, high fashion, patchwork and quilting. With 4 machine in the range there is sure to be one that will suit all your sewing needs. We have put together a quick reference comparison chart for you to see the differences. To see any of the machines up close and personal contact your local Janome retailer to book a demonstration.
Sewing Features
Skyline S9
Skyline S7
Skyline S6
Skyline S3
Number of Stitches
300
240
196
120
Number of Buttonholes
16
11
10
7
Work Space
8.25”
8.25”
8.25”
8.25”
Thread Tension
Automatic
Automatic
Automatic
Automatic
Needle Threader
Built-in advanced
Built-in advanced
Built-in Superior
Built-in One-hand
Easy Set Bobbin
✓
✓
✓
✓
Bobbin Winding Plate with Cutter
✓
✓
✓
✓
Memorized Needle Up/Down
✓
✓
✓
✓
Automatic Presser Foot Lift
✓
✓
–
–
One Step Needle Plate Conversion
✓
✓
✓
✓
AcuFeed Flex
✓
✓
✓
–
Variable Zig Zag for Free Motion Quilting
✓
✓
–
–
Stitch Tapering Function
✓
–
–
–
Free Arm
✓
✓
✓
✓
Drop Feed
✓
✓
✓
✓
Start/Stop Button
✓
✓
✓
✓
Speed Control Slider
✓
✓
✓
✓
Automatic Thread Cutter
✓
✓
✓
✓
Adjustable Knee Lift
✓
✓
✓
✓
Foot Pressure Adjustment
Automatic
Automatic
Dial 7 levels
Dial 7 levels
Color Touchscreen
LCD
LCD
–
–
Maximum Stitch Width
9mm
9mm
9mm
7mm
Maximum Stitch Length
5mm
5mm
5mm
5mm
Built-in WiFi
✓
–
–
–
Embroidery Features
Skyline S9
Number of Janome Apps
5
Built-in Embroidery Designs
250
Monogramming
10
AcuGuide Automatic Cloth Guide
✓
Maximum Embroidery Area
170mm x 200mm
Media Type
USB and Direct PC Connection
Cutwork Enabled
✓
Embroidery Couching
✓
Jump Thread Trimming
✓
Auto Return Post Thread Breakage
✓
Flexible Stitch Traveling
1, 10, 100 or 500
Resize (Enlarge/Reduce)
80 – 120%
Rotate
1 or 45 degrees
Flip
✓
Drag
✓
Re-editing Function, Zoom, Copy and Paste, Arc, Combine, Sewing Order
Janome makes a full line of overlockers for any budget or ability. From our basic MyLock models, to our Air Thread 2000D, our Premium 1200D overlocker with 5 threads including cover hem, to the Coverstitch machine; our overlockers will bring a professional finish to all your projects. Janome innovation has developed easy thread guides, an advanced feed system, and more sewing space to aid you in making every project a success. Janome overlockers are known for their ease of use and beautiful overlocking results. Specialized overlocker feet and accessories are designed to give you the effect you want even on stretchy and thin fabrics.
Starting from left column, top to bottom: Buttonhole Foot
Single Sided Zipper Foot, Pintucking Foot, Standard Zipper Foot, Cording Foot
Blind Hem Foot, Zigzag Foot, Overcasting Foot
Overedge Foot, Piping Foot, Satin Stitch Foot, Hemmer Foot
Every day for the next 12 days, a Janome product will be featured on our Facebook page and on our blog. Counting down from day 12, today’s featured product is sewing feet – and there are twelve of them!
Buttonhole Foot: This foot creates a buttonhole to the size of your button automatically by placing a button in the back of the foot. Simply then attach the foot to the machine and select a buttonhole stitch. The machine then measures the size and will create the hole to suit.
Single Sided Zipper Foot: This foot is used for entry level 5mm models and aids with inserting zippers into garments. Pin or baste zipper tape to fabric and place it under the foot. Smooth the threads toward the back and lower the foot. To sew the left side of the zipper, guide the zipper teeth along the edge of the foot and stitch through the garment and zipper tape. Turn the fabric and sew the other side of the zipper in the same way as you did the left side.
Pintucking Foot: Delicate twin-needle pintucks are a breeze with the grooves on the underside of the foot. Pintucks are not only decorative, strategically placed they can also be used to add a touch of modesty to light weight fabrics.
Standard Zipper Foot: This foot can be set to sew on each side of the zipper. The edge of the foot guides the zipper to ensure straight placement. Once one side of the zipper is complete clip the second side of the foot into position and sew the second side. The foot can also be used as piping foot for thicker piping including the heavy jumbo cord or trims that are bulky and create an uneven surface to sew on.
Cording Foot: The 3-way cording foot will hold one, two or three fine cords or threads. Because they are attached to the foot, the required design can be easily followed and the cords are perfectly placed. A variety of utility or decorative stitches can be sewn over the cords to couch them onto base fabrics. The choice of cord, thread and stitch are all contributory factors to the final effect.
Blind Hem Foot: Blind hemming can sometimes be a little bit tricky so the blind hem foot goes some way to helping improve this technique. The foot has a metal guide in the centre and three grooves on the underside. During blind hemming, the fold of the fabric fits snugly against the guide in the foot for accuracy while the grooves underneath help to prevent unnecessary slipping. The needle swings over the metal guide creating slack in the upper tension so that the pick of the stitch is almost invisible. The diagonal grooves on the underside of the blind hem foot improve contact of the fabric with the centre guide plate for more accurate blind hems.
Zigzag Foot: Special grooves on the underside of feet promote optimal fabric feed for best results. Outlets are provided on the underside of the zigzag foot to help grab the thread as it exits and improve stitch quality. Who hasn’t been frustrated by stitching bunching up before a thick seam? Although sewists normally appreciate the free tilt of a sewing foot, sometimes this feature can work against you when the foot comes up against a thick seam. To help you have perfect stitching over even the thickest seams, Janome provides a button on the zigzag foot that locks it horizontally parallel to the thread plate for smooth sewing over seams or other areas of significantly varying thicknesses. This feature can also be used at the beginning of sewing thick fabrics for a perfect start.
Overcasting Foot: Use with the overlock stitch to give a professional finish to the edges of your seams. Particularly good for finishing off medium to heavyweight, easily frayed woven fabrics such as tweed, gabardine, and linen.
Overedge Foot: Use with an overcasting stitch to allow thread to wrap around the edge of the fabric to prevent unravelling. The foot guides the fabric and keeps your edges flat by compensating for the lack of friction when the needle makes the right-most stitch.
Piping Foot: If ready-made piping cord is not available or if you just want to make your own, the piping foot is ideal for the job. The piping foot (sometimes mistakenly referred to as the cording foot) is designed with two grooves on the underside and will hold and cover the cord when making piping tape. It can also be used for attaching piping. Maximum cord size is 5 mm.
Satin Stitch Foot: For sewing dense zigzag stitching. The bottom of the foot is bevelled for smooth delivery of thread when sewing decorative or satin stitches. Foot is made of clear plastic making it easier to view stitching.
Hemmer Foot: The hemmer foot, sometimes referred to as the rolled hemmer, is used to stitch the narrow rolled hems usually found on shirt tails, table linens and along the edge of frills. The hemmer is designed with a scroll shaped feeder on top and a straight groove on the underside which determines the width of the finished hem.
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