You Get The Tools To Make That Great Big Quilt

You get 11”+ of room to the right of the needle, enough to fit a large quilt while you do free motion stitching. And if you want to go really big, the MC8900 QCP is designed to work on a quilt frame. It even has an optional remote thread cutter.

AcuFeed Flex™ Fabric Feeding System: Go As Thick As You Want

The quiet power of this machine really shows itself when it comes time to sew multiple layers. Engage the exclusive AcuFeed Flex™ fabric feeding system and feel your project moving together under the needle with perfect precision.

Cruise Through Those Long Seams On The 8900 QCP At A Thousand Stitches Per Minute

You won’t always want to sew that fast. But when you’re doing a long straight stitch, it’s nice to be able to finish it quickly—and know every stitch will be beautiful.

Super Fine Needle Position Adjustment: 91 Needle Positions!

You can move the needle to 91 unique positions in order to get pinpoint accuracy for decorative stitching, appliqué or fine quilt finishing. There is also a One-Touch quarter inch stitch setting that will make piecing faster and easier than ever.

Do Bigger And Bolder Embellishment With Hundreds Of 9 mm Stitches

The MC8900 QCP comes with 270 stitches, the MC8200 QC with 120. Choose from Utility, Appliqué, Heirloom, Quilting, Pictograph and more; the majority are 9 mm wide. Variety and gorgeous stitch quality every time!

One-Step Needle Plate Conversion

You don’t need a screwdriver to change the needle plate from Standard to Straight Stitch. Now the plate just pops out with the push of a lever for a quick switch.

New Stitches

Serpentine

The brand new stitch from MC8900 QCP and MC8200 QC is a Serpentine stitch as shown to the right (#99 in MC8900 QCP and Mode 3 - #30 in MC8200 QC).

• The default setting for this stitch is width: 5.0 and length: 2.0, but it can be customized up to width: 9.0 and length: 5.0.
• The stitch will be seen on many quilt samples, home dec projects, and garments for years to come.

Quilt Piecing

Useful quilt piecing stitches are now included in MC8900 QCP and MC8200 QC. These stitches are used with the quilt piecing foot and automatically change the needle position to set and keep a perfect piecing seam allowance.

• Note: the 7 mm seam allowance (instead of 1/4”) is commonly used in Asian markets.

Alphabet

Size has been adjusted for a more realistic appearance and better balance.

Characters are now positioned within a 9 mm space, so that they look more natural, especially when combining capital letters, small letters and even European alphabets with accents.

9 mm Block alphabet is included in the built-in stitches.

Programming a word is easier than with MC7700 QCP.

It is no longer necessary to press a confirm button or Memory key after each letter. Simply select the first letter and press the Memory key to enter programming mode, then just keep selecting letters to form your words and/or sentences.

Free motion quilting in left needle position

The left needle position has been used in JANOME embroidery machines for years.

Embroidery and FMQ are similar in that the fabric moves freely without foot pressure in both situations. Although FMQ using the center needle position is possible and can create beautiful results, a left needle position allows more trouble-free FMQ and produces similar lovely stitching.

Stitch D4S/4S has been updated and enhanced in the MC8900 QCP and MC8200 QC.

This is a simple straight stitch, but with a left needle position. When the D4/D4S stitch is selected and the needle plate is changed from zigzag to straight stitch, the needle position automatically changes to match the left hole of the straight stitch needle plate. This makes it possible to FMQ in the left needle position with the straight stitch needle plate (as described above).

Set menu

The “Start-up speed setting” and “Needle stop position setting” have been added to the Set menu in MC8900 QCP and MC8200 QC.

Direct pattern selection keys

Direct pattern selection keys are a very convenient feature. At any time, you can go back to your most used stitches with just the touch of a button.

Foot Holder

The thumb screw for the foot holder has been changed to one with a smaller diameter and longer length to make it easier to grasp and hold.