Janome Magnolia 7318 Sewing Machine

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Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 17.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B001I1D1VA
• Item model number: 7318
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,804 in Arts, Crafts & Sewing (See Top 100 in Arts, Crafts & Sewing)
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Product Description

The Janome Magnolia 7318 has wonderful features including 18 Built-In Stitches, a Top Loading Bobbin System, 4 Step Buttonholes and more! The Janome 7318 is an easy to use powerful machine. The perfect machine for all of your projects: from quilting, garmets, crafting, home dec and more. The Janome 7318 has 18 Built in decorative and utility stitches including a 4 step buttonhole. The convenient stitch panel on the front of the Janome 7318 shows you all the stitches at a glance with their corresponding stitch letter. The Janome 7318 is a easy to use machine even for the beginner sewer. Just turn the dial to the selected stitch indicated on the convenient stitch panel on the front of the machine. The Janome 7318 allows you to adjust the width and length of stitches to whatever you like! The Janome 7318 has a large easy to use reverse lever. Great for reinforcing your stitches. The 7318 has convenient measurement marking on the needle plate. The seam guides on the needle plate help you to measure seam allowances. The bobbin cover is see through to let you see if you are running out of thread! In addition, if you sew of the edge of the fabric it is jam proof. The Janome 7318 is a powerful and precise machine that will give you the power you need plus the precision you demand. Free motion quilting to old fashion darning is easy with the drop-feed system. No hard to use darning plates, just push the drop feed switch over and the feed will drop. Do pants legs and shirt sleeves with this feature! Just take of the free-arm off by sliding it to the left and your ready to go. Just press the button and the foot falls off, lower the shank onto the foot and the foot snaps on! No more screwing and unscrewing feet on and off. The Janome 7318 has a storage compartment conveniently located the free arm. Great for holding your included accessories. With the Janome 7318 you can fit multiple layers fabric or bulky fabrics under the presser foot with ease!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

47 of 47 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good solid machine, October 21, 2010

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M. Johnson "Tea Lover" (San Diego, CA) - See all my reviews
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This is a good solid sewing machine. The best part about it is how the bobbin goes in. It just drops in a little hole next to the presser plate, so no tricky hand maneuvers needed to change bobbins. The bobbin is always my trouble with sewing machines, I don't sew all that often, so by the time I need to put in a bobbin, I have forgotten how to do it. Which way does the thread go?? Yikes! Well, you will never never have that problem with this machine because the bobbin is not in the front, like in most machines, it is on the level sewing area so it just drops in. Oh thank you Janome for making this machine! It also feels really strong/sturdy and powerful. It feels like a machine that will last a long time, the motor is powerful and sewed through denim with no problem at all. I did not even use a denim needle. I highly recommend this machine. It has all the stiches you need unless you are some fancy, major decorative seamstress. I think this machine would work for most people who sew. The price is great too. You will not be disappointed if you buy this fabulous sturdy machine.

27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Machine...Works Great...won't break the bank!, July 29, 2011

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J. Johnson "Coffee Lover" (Minneapolis, MN) - See all my reviews
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I used to have a used Top of Line sewing machine and it was fabulous, sewed great, but cost lots of money (even used). Like everyone nowadays budget is a huge concern and it turned out I really don't have as much time to sew as I thought I would. Hubby, kids, etc...all taking my time. :) So I decided to sell my Top of Line machine and purchased this machine instead.

Let me say, this machine has been fabulous. It arrived brand new with all the accessories. The buttonhole foot was in the little drawer that is underneath the machine. This machine has been nothing but a joy to use. It has a great looking straight stitch and for the budget conscious it was a fraction of the cost of my used TOL machine. I do have Amazon prime and spent the extra $3.99 to get it next day and it arrived the next day. Perfect.

This machine is NOT computerized which did take a bit of getting used to for me, and the absolute ONLY thing I really miss is that on some computerized models, the needle can stop always up or always down. People always tout this as a "beginner" machine, but I'm not sure why a really excellent seamstress couldn't/wouldn't use one of these. Maybe my application is different than most. But I find that even on the TOL machine I didn't really use all the extra stitches that much. Then again at this point in my life my projects have to be relatively quick and simple...or they don't get finished.

This machine even has overcasting stitches so you can finish your raw edges and avoid raveling. I LOVE the bobbin on these machines. Has the see through cover and you can see how much thread you have left. Anyway, absolutely no regrets here. It's a nice solid machine, heavy enough so it doesn't bounce around while sewing and the presser foot lifts extra high to allow for thick fabrics to go underneath.

27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful machine!, July 7, 2011

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J. Davis (Santa Barbara, CA) - See all my reviews

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Edited to add:

Well, I've been using the machine this week and am still in love with it. I ran off the fabric a few time since I'm still learning, and the machine remained jam-free (yay!). Adding a bobbin was also a snap. Something I didn't add in the review below is that the machine has a light for when you sew (again, I'm a new sewer and this is my first machine, so maybe all machines have a light - but thought I should mention it just in case).

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I'm a new sewer, and after taking a sewing class, I was inspired to buy my first machine. My sewing instructor recommended Elna and Janome branded machines, saying that they would last and make all the difference in your sewing projects. She also said they were worth the extra money.

I saw the Janome 7318 on Amazon and decided to take the plunge. I recently signed up for a Living Social deal to have a 2-hour sewing lesson in my home, and when I looked at the instructor's website, she recommends the Janome Magnolia 7318, which made me feel good about my purchase.

My machine arrived today and it's beautiful! It comes with the following standard accessories: zipper foot e, buttonhole foot b, sliding buttonhole foot j, needles, bobbins, small screwdriver, lint brush, seam ripper (buttonhole opener), large spool holder, small spool holder, additional spool pin and felt cushion. At first I thought I had the same problem of missing accessories like another reviewer, but found that while most of the accessories were in a plastic baggie, the sliding buttonhole foot was in the accessory storage (part of the machine), and the large spool holder was on the machine's spool pin. So if you get your machine and think parts are missing, take a look at the machine to double-check they're not in and/or on it.

Here are some other machine features:

1) Unlike the Elna machine that I used in class, this machine has a thread cutter already attached - which is sweet.
2) The extension table can be removed so you can do hems and shirt sleeves.
3) Feed dogs can be dropped
4) You can independently adjust stitch length and width (Maximum Zigzag Width: 5.0 mm Maximum Stitch Length: 4 mm)
5) The needle can be lifted really high to fit bulky/thick fabrics
6) The bobbin can be dropped easily in on the base, and the cover is see-through so you can tell if you're running out of thread. This really help sell me, because in class I kept having bobbin issues. I also ran out of thread in the bobbin mid-project, so the see-through cover would've been helpful.
7) 18 preprogrammed stitches
8) 25 year warranty. Here is what it says on the Janome website regarding the warranty: In the event that your Product needs service covered by this warranty, please contact the authorized Janome dealer from whom you purchased it or a Janome Authorized Service Center. To locate a Janome Authorized Service Center, please call 1-800-631-0183 or visit our web site at [...]. Your product was sold with an instruction booklet and or a DVD/CD-ROM. To avoid any unnecessary inconvenience, we suggest that you refer to the instruction booklet before contacting your authorized Janome dealer or Janome Authorized Service Center for service. We also strongly encourage you to register your product on-line at [...].
(FYI - there was no DVD/CD-ROM with this model)

You can learn more about the machine on the Janome website. There is even a short, but helpful video that runs through the features.

Happy sewing!