9 MORE ways to have FUN!

While many of our Janome sewing machines come with a large variety of presser feet and accessories, Janome is all about MORE! We hear from so many users that they love their machine so don’t want to upgrade, but they’d like to do more; try different techniques and have more fun doing more with their beloved machine.

Well, enter the NEW Janome 9-Hole Cording Foot for all 9mm machines! Yes! Since this new specialty presser foot snaps on to the presser foot bar of the machine, any 9mm machine, regardless of model can use this foot.

Check out the Janome Global Site for an informative Janome Bulletin detailing some key features of this extra fun presser foot. There’s a total of 9 holes in the metal presser foot which allows you to quickly and accurately stitch down various cords and decorative threads for some very fun, cool effects.

Janome Continental M17

In today’s Janome Canada Instagram LIVE, I’ll be demoing the NEW Janome 9-Hole Cording Foot on the fabulous Janome Continental M17, but again, any 9mm sewing machine can use this presser foot.

Join us LIVE at 1pm EST @janomecanada Instagram page every Wednesday afternoon to learn about all things Janome! However, don’t worry if you can’t make the LIVE presentations as they’ll be stored in the feed on the Janome Canada Instagram page and later posted as videos on the Janome HQ You Tube channel.

More information about many of the optional specialty presser feet can be found on the Janome HQ You Tube channel in the “A to Z with Janome” and “Janome’s Awesome Accessory Countdown” playlist, as well as the various Facebook LIVE presentations. You have many opportunities for learning at your fingertips!

Check out our handy Janome Accessories Catalogue on our Janome Canada website to see more presser feet and attachments available for your machine.

Follow us on the Janome HQ Facebook page and the Janome HQ Instagram page to see what’s new at Janome Canada and information about upcoming in-person classes and presentations at our Janome Canada Headquarters, our Janome HQ,!

Happy Sewing and #sharethejanomelove!

Embroidered Cutwork Basket

Though May Baskets are quite traditional, add a new creative spin to it with cutwork designs done with the embroidery machine! Our Janome embroidery machines are capable of doing sew much, and, when added with the amazingly versatile Artistic Digitizer software, you have unlimited fun and creativity at your fingertips!

In today’s Janome Sewing Machines Facebook LIVE, Janome Canada Educator extraordinaire, Celine Ross, shows you how to embroider an adorable Mother’s Day basket using cutwork designs with the Artistic Digitizer software, which is available as a FREE TRIAL for the month of April AND MAY, 2024!

Don’t worry if you can’t make the LIVE as all of the presentations will be saved under the Videos tab of the Janome Sewing Machines Facebook page. Use the Search Box to find all the videos with Celine Ross. As well, Celine’s presentations will stream LIVE to the Janome HQ You Tube channel so you may watch whenever you wish!

Though Celine often demos on the fabulous Janome Continental M17, there are many Janome embroidery machine options including the Janome MC550E LE, Janome Skyline S9 and Janome MC9850SE. Contact your local Janome Canada dealer to arrange a test drive to find the machine which is right for you!

Janome Continental M17.

Janome MC550E Limited Edition

For more about the Artistic Digitizer software, check out previous Janome Life blogs and videos on the Janome HQ You Tube channel.

Janome Skyline S9

Janome MC9850SE

Check out our handy Janome Accessories Catalogue or click on the Accessories Tab on Janome.CA. to find the presser feet and accessories compatible with your machine. Click the Products tab, then scroll down to find “View all Accessories“. Click there to access the Search Box or to scroll through the pages to find the accessories you’d like. Click on the picture/description to find the Part Number and machine compatibility. And, as always, check with your fabulous Janome Canada Dealer!

Happy Sewing!

NEW Janome 9-Hole Cording Foot!

NEW and INSTOCK in our Janome Canada warehouse, the Janome 9-Hole Cording Foot is a fun, snap on specialty presser foot available for 9mm machines.

Check out this Janome Bulletin on the Janome Global Site for tips using this fabulously fun new specialty presser foot.

Similar to the Janome 3-Way Cording Foot, which has 3 guides at the front of the presser foot to keep yarns, cords or ribbon in place while sewing, the new Janome 9-Hole Cording Foot offers more fun; more opportunities for more creative embellishments using the stitches built in to your machine. Even a plain old zig zag stitch will produce different effects by using a thread colour which matches and blends with the cording colour, or contrasts against it. Experimenting to create different looks is part of the fun!

As always, check with your Janome Canada Dealer for details and to order, but this new specialty presser foot will work with all 9mm Janome sewing machines.

For more information on what specialty presser feet, accessories and attachment are available for your machine, check out the handy Janome Accessories Catalogue on Janome.CA.

Happy Sewing!

Janome Professional Grade HP Needle Plate & HP Foot

NEW at Janome Canada is the Janome Professional Grade HP Needle Plate and HP Foot combo for the Continental sewing machine models. Check out this Janome Bulletin on the Janome Global Site for more details, including the Part Number to use when ordering from your Janome Canada dealer.

While some machines, like the Janome Continental M17, Janome Continental M7 Professional and the relatively new Janome Continental M8 Professional come included with these items, other Continental models, like the new Janome Continental M6, do not.

They are optional accessories, which are now available from your Janome Canada dealers.

Janome Continental M8 Professional

Janome Continental M6

Although the Janome HP Needle Plate and HP Foot are also compatible with select 9mm machines, the Continental models have a very unique difference in them. A magnetic bar is used to hold down the needle plate instead of the usual clips found in other machines, so the back of the needle plate differs slightly for the Continental models than the other 9mm model counterparts. There’s a helpful presentation on the Janome HQ You Tube channel going through all the specific details.

As well, check out this Janome Bulletin on the Janome Global Site, which lists the other 9mm machines compatible with the Janome HP Needle Plate and HP Foot. Please note that the Part Number is different for non-Continental models.

Some machines, like the relatively new Janome MC9480QC Professional, come with these, while the new Janome MC9410QC do not. They are optional accessories which you can add to your machine at any time.

Janome MC9480QC Professional

Janome MC9410QC

Basically, the machine must have updated “firmware” which recognizes whichever needle plate is installed. This is a safety feature which prevents needles being accidentally broken and prevents possible damage to the machine.

When the machine has the appropriate firmware, once the needle plate is secured in place, the needle will automatically swing to the left. All incompatible stitches, such as decorative and zigzag stitches will be greyed out to prevent them from accidentally being selected. The machine can be turned off and on again with the HP Needle Plate and HP Foot still attached because the firmware knows to cycle the needle through the small, centre hole in the foot before swinging it back over to the left. Watch this video on the Janome HQ You Tube channel to learn more about the various Janome needles plates and their specific uses.

Though you can technically use the Janome Professional Grade Needle Plate and HP Foot in other 9mm machines; they’ll fit, but it is NOT advisable to do so! Janome does NOT recommend this. It’s far too easy to get distracted and forget that you need to manually move the needle over to the left each time, and forget that you’ve left the HP Needle Plate installed on the machine when you switch it off. When you switch it on again, the machine won’t know which needle plate is installed so the needle won’t cycle properly in order to use the HP Foot. If you happen to accidentally step on the gas, the needle will be in the wrong spot as it won’t be aligned with the hole in the needle plate, so it’ll hit the plate and surely break.

If you choose to use the Janome Professional Grade HP Needle Plate and HP Foot in 9mm machines without the recognized firmware, please proceed with caution, though once again, Janome does not recommend this.

For more about other fabulous Janome presser feet, accessories and attachments for your machine, check out the handy Janome Accessories Catalogue available on Janome.CA!

Happy Sewing!

YES! There’s a Specialty Presser Foot for That!

Many of our Janome sewing machines come with a variety of presser feet to help improve the results and efficiency of various sewing tasks. The more advanced and more expensive the machine, the more presser feet and accessories are included. The Janome Continental M17 comes with a whopping 35, including four presser feet for the A.S.R. (Accurate Stitch Regulator) alone!

However, in true Janome fashion, there’s always room for MORE! No matter what the model; no matter how basic or advanced your machine, there’s a wide variety of specialty presser feet available from your fabulous Janome Canada dealer.

Janome Continental M17

In today’s Janome Canada Instagram LIVE, I’ll be showing you some of the specialty presser feet options available, many of which come for 5mm, 7mm and 9mm machines.

Join us LIVE at 1pm EST @janomecanada Instagram page every Wednesday afternoon to learn about all things Janome! However, don’t worry if you can’t make the LIVE presentations as they’ll be stored in the feed on the Janome Canada Instagram page and later posted as videos on the Janome HQ You Tube channel.

More information about the many Janome specialty presser feet options can be found in previous Janome Life blogs and on the Janome HQ You Tube channel.

Check out our handy Janome Accessories Catalogue on our Janome Canada website to see more presser feet and attachments available for your machine.

Follow us on the Janome HQ Facebook page and the Janome HQ Instagram page to see what’s new at Janome Canada and information about upcoming in-person classes and presentations at our Janome Canada Headquarters, our Janome HQ,!

Happy Sewing and #sharethejanomelove!

Stitch a Floral Bouquet using Decorative Stitches!

With Mother’s Day and summer just around the corner, most of us immediately think of flowers. The smells, the colours are so vibrant, yet, depending on the weather, we not be able to enjoy them as much as we’d like. With our Janome sewing and embroidery machines, we can stitch a whole bouquet of flowers to enjoy all year long!

Floral embroidery designed stitched on the Janome MC550E Limited Edition

Join our fabulous Janome Canada Educator, Celine Ross, LIVE every Tuesday at 3pm EST on the Janome Sewing Machines Facebook page for an entire month of sewing fun and education to help you get the most from your Janome machine!

Janome Continental M17.

Today, Celine will show you how to use the decorative stitches built into many Janome sewing machines to create a fun, festive floral bouquet. Though Celine uses the Janome Continental M17, many of the same presser feet, stitches and techniques used in her projects can be found on many Janome machines.

Don’t worry if you can’t make the LIVE, however, as all of the presentations will be saved under the Media/Videos tab of the Janome Sewing Machines Facebook page and stream LIVE to the Janome HQ You Tube channel under the Live playlist to enjoy whenever you wish!

Janome Skyline S9

Janome MC9850SE

Janome MC550ELE

Check out our handy Janome Accessories Catalogue or click on the Accessories Tab on Janome.CA. to find the presser feet and accessories compatible with your machine. Click the Products tab, then scroll down to find “View all Accessories“. Click there to access the Search Box or to scroll through the pages to find the accessories you’d like. Click on the picture/description to find the Part Number and machine compatibility.

And, as always, check with your fabulous Janome Canada Dealer!

Happy Sewing!

Quilt Canada 2024 is Fast Approaching!

Yes! It won’t be long now before Canada’s largest national quilt show, Quilt Canada, will be opening it’s doors at the Edmonton Convention Centre in Edmonton, Alberta, June 19-22, 2024.

Be sure to visit the Canadian Quilters Association’s website for full details, including a list of classes offered, and a list of which vendors will be in the Merchant Mall. It’s a great time to connect with your quilting friends, learn a new sewing or quilting technique and shop for some fabulous sewing and quilting goodies.

Of course, Janome Canada will be there, so be sure to stop by the booth to say hello and see what fun and exciting machines and samples we have to share! If you’re on the fence about purchasing a new machine, or would love to see demos of popular machines like the Janome CM17, Janome Continental M8 with the amazing A.S.R. (Accurate Stitch Regulator), and Janome MC9480QC Professional, please stop by the booth to watch our demos and test drive the machines for yourself.

Janome MC9480QC Professional

As an extra-special treat, our Janome Canada Artisan extraordinaire, Kim Jamieson-Hirst of Chatterbox Quilts will be LIVE in our booth sharing her tips, tricks and techniques for free motion and ruler quilting at 10:30am and 2pm, Friday, June 21st, 2024.

Janome Canada Artisan Kim Jamieson-Hirst. Photo courtesy of Chatterbox Quilts

Kim will also be demoing these techniques using the Janome A.S.R. (Accurate Stitch Regulator) which comes included in the Janome CM17, Janome Continental M8 and is an optional accessory compatible with the Janome MC9480QC Professional.

Check out the Janome HQ You Tube channel for Kim’s videos featuring a variety of Janome machines, including the Continental M17, Continental M7 Professional, and the Janome MC500E.

Don’t fret if you can’t join us in person, however, as I’ll be going LIVE on the Janome Canada Facebook page and Janome HQ You Tube channel several times through the event, so everyone can share in the fun, even if you can’t attend.

Once again, Janome Canada will furnish prizes for the JN Harper Youth Challenge, with this year’s theme, “Explore”.

Be sure to check back here to Janome Life and our various Janome Canada socials for more about Quilt Canada 2024, and be sure to check out the Canadian Quilters Association website for more information and to sign up for classes.

We hope to see you there!

Happy Sewing!

Artistic Digitizer FREE Trial EXTENDED till May 31st!

It’s NO joke! Back by popular demand, Janome Canada has been offering a FREE TRIAL of the amazingly versatile Artistic Digitizer software for the entire month of April, 2024. BUT, due to overwhelming demand, Janome is extending the free trial of Artistic Digitizer software until the end of May, 2024 so you have more time having fun learning the software.

As announced the first of this month, Registration Codes were available until April 24th, but that’s now been extended until May 24, 2024 as well! Sign up for the free trial on Janome.CA!

For those who received your activation codes just before the former deadline, you now have more time to enjoy learning the software. If you’ve been wanting to take your embroidery to the next level, get more from your fabulous Janome embroidery machine, and just want to have some high tech fun, now is the time to make the most of your free trial.

You’ll find a ton of support, and a ton of fun over on the Janome Artistic Digitizer Facebook Group.

Anne Hein, Janome America’s Software Specialist, hosts a weekly Artistic Digitizer Facebook LIVE every Thursday at 3pm Eastern. Don’t worry if you can’t join LIVE, as all presentations will stored under the MEDIA tab to watch whenever you wish. Play and Pause the presentation as many times as you need as you navigate and learn the software.

You’ll also find many helpful Artistic Digitizer resources right here on Janome Life! Use the SEARCH BOX to find all related posts. As well, be sure to check out the Janome HQ You Tube channel and Janome America’s You Tube channel for videos to help you get the most from the software no matter what your experience level.

Look forward to more Artistic Digitizer blogs coming up right here on Janome Life.

Happy Sewing!

Update – I Love First Peoples Donation Drive 2024!

Last month, Janome Canada once again hosted a fabric and sewing supply donation drive for the I Love First Peoples, Soaring Circle organization. From April 8-26th we collected donations which will be shipped to various remote Indigenous schools across Canada.

We put the call out to the sewing and quilting community, and a number of our Janome Canada dealers generously acted as donation drop off centres, as well. Soon, donations were literally avalanching into the Janome Sewing and Learning Centre in Oakville, ON. The deadline to drop off donations was Friday, April 26th, 2024. We thank all those who would still like to participate, but please save your donations until next year, or mail them directly to I Love First Peoples, Soaring Circle. Perhaps instead of shipping your supplies, you might make a financial contribution directly on their website.

We’re in the office this week frantically finishing the sorting process before Friday, May 3rd. All the donations need to be boxed, weighed and stacked on skids in order to be shipped out to the schools starting May 6th, 2024.

Join me, Michael Smith, National Education Manager of Janome Canada LIVE at 1pm EST on the Janome Canada Instagram page as I share with you an update on the collection and sorting process, and where your donations are going. I’ll also share with you some photos of what the students have made with donations from previous years.

Don’t worry if you can’t make the LIVE presentation, however, as it’ll be stored in the feed on the Janome Canada Instagram page and later posted as a video on the Janome HQ You Tube channel.

Look forward to more updates of the collection and sorting process on upcoming Janome Life blogs. For a review of previous I Love First Peoples Donation Drives, as well as some of the projects the students have made with the donated materials, check out the many previous Janome Life blogs.

Follow us on the Janome HQ Facebook page and the Janome HQ Instagram page to see what’s new at Janome Canada and information about upcoming in-person classes and presentations at our Janome Canada Headquarters, our Janome HQ,!

Thank you SEW much to all who donated and volunteered their time to help in the sorting process. We couldn’t have done it without YOU! Thank you for your support!

Happy Sewing and #sharethejanomelove!

Embroidery on Faux Leather – Part 2

Earlier this month, Janome Canada Educator extraordinaire, Celine Ross, created a beautiful embroidered tote bag using faux leather. Our Janome embroidery machines are capable of doing sew much, and, when added with the amazingly versatile Artistic Digitizer software, you have unlimited fun and creativity at your fingertips!

It was recently announced that due to overwhelming demand, Janome has extended the FREE TRIAL of Artistic Digitizer for the month of May, 2024, as well! More time to share in the fun and get more from your embroidery machine!

In today’s Janome Sewing Machines Facebook LIVE, Celine is back to finish the tote bag by adding the handles and finishing details.

Don’t worry if you can’t make the LIVE as all of the presentations will be saved under the Videos tab of the Janome Sewing Machines Facebook page. Use the Search Box to find all the videos with Celine Ross. As well, Celine’s presentations will stream LIVE to the Janome HQ You Tube channel so you may watch whenever you wish!

Though Celine often demos on the fabulous Janome Continental M17, there are many Janome embroidery machine options including the Janome MC550E LE, Janome Skyline S9 and Janome MC9850SE. Contact your local Janome Canada dealer to arrange a test drive to find the machine which is right for you!

Janome Continental M17.

Janome MC550E Limited Edition

For more about the Artistic Digitizer software, check out previous Janome Life blogs and videos on the Janome HQ You Tube channel.

Janome Skyline S9

Janome MC9850SE

Check out our handy Janome Accessories Catalogue or click on the Accessories Tab on Janome.CA. to find the presser feet and accessories compatible with your machine. Click the Products tab, then scroll down to find “View all Accessories“. Click there to access the Search Box or to scroll through the pages to find the accessories you’d like. Click on the picture/description to find the Part Number and machine compatibility. And, as always, check with your fabulous Janome Canada Dealer!

Happy Sewing!