"The latest piece of tech in the war on grandmas has gotta be Brother's Quattro 6000D sewing machine, a beastly machine with specs that will help even the most diligent granny patch up those quilts or ripped teddies more efficiently. Once you get past the huge 50-inch workspace, you'll notice the 4.5 x 7-inch Sharp HD LCD display and embedded runway lighting. Brother's "InnovEye" and "Up-Close Viewer" technology places a camera right next to the needle to give the user a birds-eye view on the LCD to allow perfect placement before stitching. Advanced embroidery features and built-in tutorials should certainly mitigate any mishaps, and should you get the urge to plug every flash drive you own into it, there are 3 USB ports." - Derrick from Bookmarklet

zomg WANT! - Zulema ◕ ◡ ◕

I'm not into sewing, but this baby is bad-ass. - Derrick

Wonder if it would help me sew a straight line? - Yolanda

Does it blend? - MVB (Grinch of FF)

*drools quietly* - B. Hatin

i think the better question is...does it make sanwiches? - Cardeen Martinez

holy sh*t. - Melissa

If a sewing machine could show The Dark Knight in HD, I might have to reconsider owning one. - Derrick

I wonder how the multi-color embroidery works on these. Can it rethread the needle on its own, or do you have to be careful to keep your registration point consistent between spools? - Jason Wehmhoener

Seriously though, what you want is a serger. These fancy embroidery machines are a bit silly (unless, for some odd reason, you want to do lots of embroidery). - Jason Wehmhoener

(anna realizes her touchtronic 2000 she just put $200 into for repairs is outdated once again) - anna sauce

I have no idea how to sew anything, yet I want it. - Eric @ CSTechcast.com

Spidra has a point. My mom's old Kenwood is a lot more dependable than my electronic Singer gizmo. When you sew jeans, etc. no amount of LCD screen is going to help you- you just need an industrial strength, mechanical beast. - anna sauce

Mechanical beasts++ - Jason Wehmhoener

Jason makes a great point. I've been checking out these machines for almost 10 years now, but most of them really are just glorified embroidery machines. The "real" sewers I know don't go info this stuff instead using their old fashion machines. These machines are for crafters not tailors/seamstresses. - Admiral Anika

I'm sorry Dave but I can't stitch that.... - mikepk

if I am honest I prefer a simpler, mechanical sewing machine - they were built to last a lifetime. Somehow I doubt those are. - Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)

you're right - i saw quilts patterns this summer that were near fractal - no way they are manual - Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)

Spidra, but most of those quilters who do (IME) are either newbies or making a ton of quilts for sale. It has to be appealing to set up your pattern on the computer, hook up the USB and press start on your machine, while you walk away to make some coffee or something. And it's faster? Still, for your simple straight lines, my old Singer and my Brother machines are perfect. - Admiral Anika

My mom uses a mechanical beast to do some pretty complex quilt patterns. The funny thing is that she feels guilty about using a machine. Real quilters do it by hand. ;-) - Jason Wehmhoener