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Continental M8 Professional

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Continental M8 Professional Overview

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… this incredibly sturdy, powder coated metal, seamless flatbed machine provides an expansive sewing area with 343mm (13.5”) to the right of the needle and a spacious height of 140mm (5.51”). The most powerful penetration and needle piercing capabilities in home sewing.

Engineered to meet your demands, the Continental M8 Professional provides powerful penetration and needle force which is perfect for garment sewing, quilting and allowing you to easily tackle heavy-weight home furnishing projects in order to make your decorating dreams come true. The Continental M8 Professional is the fastest drop-in bobbin home sewing machine available.

Janome have implemented a durable DC brushless motor that gives you 1300 stitches per minute, while still giving you the strength and stability you require. Add in the full metal frame and Janome’s high standards for vibration suppression and you can be assured of a pleasurable, smooth and high-performance sewing experience for all your sewing projects.

A.S.R. Accurate Stitch Regulator™

The M8 comes standard with the A.S.R. (Accurate Stitch Regulator) Janome Accurate Stitch Regulator System includes four feet: closed-toe, open toe, clear view, and the exclusive ruler work foot so that all of your free-motion needs are covered. With the added benefit of being able to set the sensitivity of the sensor; you can adjust the regulation as your skills build.

Ample work area with an ergonomic design

The Continental Series has one of the industry's largest sewing spaces available on any household-use machine. With 13 ½” of workspace, a total work area of 17.81”, more than 3” in the needle/needle plate section, and Bright white LED lighting to illuminate your sewing space with shadow-free coverage, your sewing capacity will improve all around. With an added extension table of 26.77” X 15.75”, you’ll have even more workspace. As an added bonus, the worktable has a built-in drawer so that you can keep all of your favorite accessories at your fingertips.

AcuSpark2 App

The AcuSpark2 App provides machine learning & support. Simply scan the QR code on the screen of your machine with the app to see information about the stitch, recommended presser feet, adjustment tips, and more.,/p>

Advanced LCD Touchscreen

The advanced touchscreen shows all of the information you need to sew with ease. Select new stitches and memorise your favourites for quick access. The expanded Sewing Applications feature gives you guidance for perfecting a variety of sewing tasks, including those that use optional accessories. With Memorised Quilt Seaming, the machine remembers the length of your seam, so you can cruise through stitching a large number of the same size blocks.

Using the large, HD 7” touchscreen is like working on your favorite tablet. Bright white LED lighting illuminates your sewing space with shadow-free coverage. Enhance your view with the readily detachable AcuView™ magnifier.

AcuFeed Flex™ Plus

The Janome AcuFeed™ Layered Fabric Feeding System has long been legendary in the sewing and quilting world for its amazing precision and power. Now Janome have taken it to the next level with the AcuFeed™ Flex Plus. The system is still removable but, adding and removing it from the machine has become more advanced - simply touch the AcuFeed icon on your screen to engage or disengage the foot. This ensures that the AcuFeed Flex foot is attached correctly and prevents it from becoming dis-engaged prematurely. AcuFeed™ Flex comes in three useful options. The two-pronged AcuFeed™ feet advance fabric flawlessly from the top and bottom. Use this system for quilting, seaming, and traditional sewing. The special one-pronged AcuFeed™ feet give precise control for more detailed work, like installing zippers and matching seams. The HP2 AcuFeed Flex foot is designed to work with the HP plate, for the highest level of stitch results.

AcuFeed Flex™

The Detachable AcuFeed Flex Layered Fabric Feeding System is the best on the market. AcuFeed Flex perfectly guides your fabric from the top and bottom. Perfect for quilts, plaids, and any sewing requiring precise control.

Bobbin Winder Plate with Cutter

The new bobbin winder plate has five cutting blades. Faster and smoother winding, easy thread cutting, and your bobbin is ready to go!

Auto Presser Foot Lift

The auto presser foot lift automatically lifts the presser foot after a thread cut – when the thread snip button is pressed, or after a programmed thread cut at the end of a row of decorative stitches. This allows you to keep your hands on your project at all times. It can also be set to raise at the end of any seam, with the needle in the down position for easy pivoting. This great feature simplifies the sewing process so you have less manual steps to save time and increase efficiency.

SFS-i, Intelligent Feed System

The new SFS-i, intelligent feeding system is designed to keep the feed dogs down and out of the way so that you can easily position your fabric where you want it to be. As soon as you start sewing, the feed dogs come up and perfectly grab the fabric.

Meeting your need for speed and strength

Another industry first, the Continental M8 is the fastest top loading home sewing machine available. With the adoption of a DC brushless motor, you will be able to enjoy 1,300 stitches per minute without having to giveup on strength or stability. Add in the full metal frame and Janome’s high standards for vibration suppression and you can be assured of a pleasurable, smooth and high-performance sewing experience.

Computerised One Touch Needleplate Converter

Using the right tools at the right time is important in sewing. When using lightweight fabrics, or piecing quilts, a straight stitch needle plate makes all the difference. The M7's computerised one-touch plate converter allows you to easily switch and use the perfect plate for your project. Simply push the on-screen button to release the plate and place a new one in place. The M7 will automatically retract the new plate into place using a patented magnetic system. No screwdrivers are necessary! The M7 comes with three standard needle plates: zigzag, straight stitch and HP.

Professional Grade Needleplate, HP foot & HP2 foot

Utilise these narrow gauge industrial type feet for curves and precise topstitching. They provide great ease of control and superior visibility. Sized perfectly for creating 1/4” seams, achieve accurate stitches and perfects starts on any type of fabric.

Stitch Composer™

The unique Stitch Composer™ program gives you the ability to create your own stitch patterns from scratch! The program is easy to use, and transferring stitches to your machine is easy using the built-in USB port.

Help is Just an App Away

Need a little inspiration to spark your imagination and get the most out of all of those sewing machine features? AcuSpark is just a scan away! The exclusive Janome app will provide you with tutorials, how-to videos and more by simply using your smart phone or tablet to scan the QR code on the screen. No matter what application you are working on, help is just a scan away.

Stitch Tapering Function

Create original designs for borders and decorative effects with the Stitch Tapering Function. This distinctive feature allows you to adjust stitches at a 30, 45, 90, and 120 angle to combine and edit built-in stitches. Apply this specialised technique through 41 stitches with the Tapering function.

Memorised Stitch Combinations

Customise, resize, combine and save the 400 built-in stitches on the Continental M7. The large LCD touchscreen makes it easy to edit, and you can make combinations up to 100 stitches long. Store the stitches in the built-in memory banks, or on a USB drive right from the machine.

Automatic, 1-step Buttonhole

A button is placed into the gauge of a special foot for buttonhole formation. The foot works with a sensor on the machine to create a perfectly-sized buttonhole. This creates quick, easy buttonholes of an accurate size for the button of choice. 12 built-in buttonholes including a 9mm wide style.

Easy Threading Bobbin Case and Cover

The specially designed bobbin case and cover mean there’s no need to pull long thread tails up and through when you first thread the machine. Slip the bobbin thread in the cover plate guide; the built-in cutting blades trim the tail to the correct length for a super-clean start to your stitching line. After the initial threading, the auto-thread cutter takes care of trimming and re-setting the tails each time.

91 Needle Positions

The Continental M8 offers an unbelievable 91 needle positions. This allows for more detail in decorative stitches, and incredible fine adjustments in all stitch creation. And with 9mm stitch width, this sort of bold detail can be easily appreciated.

Superior Needle Threader 2 & High Visibility

Threading couldn’t be easier! Set your thread, push the lever, release and sew! This time-saving feature allows you to get sewing faster. Its advanced design feeds the thread through the eye of the needle with precise accuracy every time. The streamlined machine head provides excellent visibility around the needle area.

Independent Bobbin Winding Motor

With an independent bobbin motor, there is no need to stop your sewing. Set up your bobbin, push the Bobbin Winding button and keep sewing your seams while the machine simultaneously winds your bobbin.

Improved Ergonomic Knee Lift

The knee lift has been designed to make it ergonomic and adjustable to accommodate sewists of any height. You can now sit directly in front of the needle with the knee lift perfectly positioned for free-motion quilting, variable zig-zag, or general sewing.

More Stitches, More Accessories!

The M8 has an extensive and generous package of all the necessities. Choose from 400 stitches including 52 hand-style stitches. Choose from an amazing array of 23 standard feet and 32 additional sewing accessories. The Extra-Wide table, with a built-in accessory storage drawer, gives support for free motion quilting and other large projects.

Convenience At Your Fingertips

The easy convenience features let you get more out of your sewing time. The most important functions are perfectly placed for effortless access. start/stop button, reverse, locking stitch, needle up/down and thread cutter are all there. And most importantly: the automatic presser foot lift.

Your Favorite Sewing Applications...Expanded

The built-in Sewing Applications mode has always been a great time-saver for automatically setting up the machine and recommending the right foot for the application you’re about to start. The M8 takes this to the next level.We’ve added additional functions like inserting a zipper into a small bag, Heirloom techniques, and settings for optional accessories like the Ultra Glide foot.

Doing the Math for You

Not sure how to cut your log cabin strips for a 10” block? Let the Quilt Block Advisor do the work for you. Input the number of rows/size of work for traditional quilt patterns like Nine Patch, Log Cabin, Baby Blocks and more. The Quilt Block Advisor will help you break down each section and provide you with the cutting size of pieces including seam allowance.

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Main Features

  • Computerised
  • Semi-industrial machine
  • Aluminum metal body
  • Superior feed system (SFS-i)/7 piece feed dog
  • Horizontal full rotary hook
  • Top loading - Category D (9mm high shank)
  • Easy set bobbin
  • Upper thread sensor
  • Accurate Stitch Regulator A.S.R.
  • Automatic Tension
  • Ruler work mode (for FMQ Ruler)
  • Automatic thread cutter (scissors button)
  • Independent bobbin winder motor
  • Optical bobbin monitoring system
  • Maximum sewing speed of up to 1300spm
  • Minimum sewing speed 60spm
  • Maximum stitch length: 5mm
  • Maximum stitch width: 9mm
  • Acufeed system (dual feed)
  • Superior needle threader 2 manual
  • Twin needle facility
  • 450 stitches including 12 buttonholes
  • Lettering - upper & lower case 4 fonts + 9mm Block
  • Automatic extra high presser foot lift
  • Start / Stop button - use with or without foot control
  • Snap-on feet
  • Automatic Foot-up (Pivoting)
  • Automatic Presser Foot Pressure
  • Needle positions – 91
  • Languages – 15
  • Foot Pressure Adjustment
  • Needle Up / Down
  • Number of Stitch Combinations – Up to 100
  • Mirror image of Patterns
  • Thumb Wheel
  • Remote Thread Cutter Port on Foot Control
  • Floating Mode
  • Variable Zig Zag
  • Automatic one-touch needle plate conversion
  • Auto lock key
  • LED lights - brighter LEDs x 9 in 4 locations
  • Full colour 7" (H52.4 x W91.4mm) HD touchscreen
  • Extra arm space: 13.5" - 50% bigger than other machines great for bigger projects
  • Favourite stitch
  • Stitch memory capability - 3.0mb
  • Vertical spool pin with thread guide bar
  • Tapering function
  • Direct stitch chart
  • Built-in clock function
  • Elongation
  • USB Port
  • Quick stitch select
  • Instructional App using QR code AcuSpark 2
  • PC Software – Stitch Composer Quilt Block Advisor & Screen Saver Tool
  • Speed control
  • Adjustable knee lifter
  • Large extension table with storage drawer 26.5" x 15.75" (675mm x 400mm)
  • Dust cover Semi Hard
  • Weight 17.3kg approx.
  • Workspace: 13.5" x 5.5" (343mm x 140mm)
  • Height under face plate: 3.1" (80mm)
  • Machine Dimensions: W 650mm x H 371mm x D 259mm appox.

In the Box

  • Large Extension Table with Drawer Size 26.5” x 15¾” (675mm x 400mm) 867806027
  • A.S.R. USB Cable for Stitch regulator (Continental M8 & MC9480QCP)
  • Instruction Book
  • Needle Plate (Standard)
  • Remote Thread Cutter Plate
  • Ruler Work Foot (QR)
  • Straight Stitch Needle Plate
  • Variable Zigzag Foot
  • Semi Rigid Dust cover
  • ASR-QC Closed-Toe Foot (Continental M8 & MC9480QCP)
  • Free Motion Quilting Foot - Open Toe (QO)
  • ASR-QO Open-Toe Foot (Continental M8 & MC9480QCP)
  • ASR-QV Clear View Foot (Continental M8 & MC9480QCP)
  • ASR-QR Ruler Work Foot (Continental M8 & MC9480QCP)
  • Cosmetic Case (Resin) (Continental M8 & MC9480QCP)
  • ASR-Complete Set 869411108
  • Thread Cutter Switch (for Foot Control) 21381501A
  • PC Application Pack (Download)
  • Instructional Movie download
  • Free Motion Quilting Zigzag Foot (QV)
  • Professional Grade Needle Plate (HP)
  • Free Motion Quilting Foot - Closed Toe (QC)
  • Foot Control
  • Acufeed Professional Grade Foot (HP2)
  • Satin Stitch Foot Open Toe (F2 craft foot )
  • Stylus
  • 1/4" Seam Foot with Guide O 859814012
  • 1/4" Seam Foot Without Guide O 202313104
  • Darning/Embroidery Foot (PD-H) Open Toe
  • Concealed Zipper Foot (Z)
  • Accessory case/box
  • Automatic buttonhole foot R
  • Blind Stitch Foot (G) Category D 859807001
  • Button Sewing Foot (T) Category D 859811008
  • Button sewing shank
  • Dual Feed Foot (AD) (Twin)
  • Embroidery/Darning Foot (PD-H) Category D 859839002
  • Knee Lifter
  • Lint Brush
  • Overedge Foot (M) Category D 859810007
  • Power Supply Cord
  • Professional Grade Foot (HP)
  • Quilting Guide Bar
  • Rolled Hem Foot (D)
  • Satin Stitch Foot (F) Category D 859806011
  • Screwdriver (Winged)
  • Seam Ripper
  • Spool Holder (Small) x 2
  • Spool Holders (Large)
  • Spool Holders (Special)
  • Spool Nets
  • Spool Rest x 2
  • Stabiliser Plate For Buttonhole Foot
  • Standard Foot (A) Category D
  • Zipper Foot (E)

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