Juki MCS-1500...

There has been a lot of excitement here this week because I have wanted a cover and chain stitch machine for years and finally got one. When I purchased the Juki MO-1000, it was with the intention of getting a cover stitch machine sometime in the future.  Here's the blog pose when I got the serger (link).  Here's my box with the cover stitch machine:

I waited three long weeks for the Juki MCS-1500 to arrive as it was on back-order.  It felt like forever.  I felt like a little kid at Christmas. Here's my new baby out of the box:

Isn't it a pretty little machine?  You know the first thing I did was find fabric and pull threads through to get the how the 3-thread cover stitch worked.  It looked pretty but I'm not certain that it is perfect.  Here's one of my first tries:

To my eye there is a tension issue with the right needle.  Sigh!  I knew it might not be easy but I was hoping it would look beautiful right out of the box.

Here's pictures of front and back.  The one with the gray is all Maxi-Lock thread being used.  The one with the red is Maxi-Lock and another brand of the thread.   I changed to the all Maxi-Lock thread just in case there was a difference in the weight of thread.  It didn't seem to be the case.

Join me on my new adventure as I figure out how to use this machine and possibly attachments.

Happy Stitching!
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