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 d ..read more

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 m ..read more

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 ..read more

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 befo ..read more

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 th ..read more

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 LIV ..read more

Janome recently came out with an update for the Janome Continental M17 and I’m here to help you update your machine to version 1.10! Janome Continental CM17 To start, you’ll need a few things: your Janome CM17 (of course!), a formatted USB flash drive, the software file to update your machine, and a few minutes (about 5) to process the update. To download the software needed to update to version 1.10, you’ll need to go to the Janome Global website. Once you are on that website, you’ll click on “Product Information” in the top menu. Janome Global website Next, you’ll click on the “Machine Owner ..read more

Peace and love is flowing your way courtesy of the flower children at Sew4Home. This latest S4H Janome Canada exclusive project is a unique Flower Power Pillow that will be a fun addition to your favorite pillow pile. It’s a beginner-friendly project, but it does feature several techniques that are excellent learning opportunities for someone new. Even more experienced sewists may find something they haven’t seen before or recognize an old skill they can brush up on. You’ll find step-by-step instructions for fussy cutting with a pattern frame, decorative stitching tips, making a custom cover ..read more

We’ve entered into a new, exciting stage for my daughter. We’ve been anticipating it for a while and after some long-awaited anticipation, she recently lost her first tooth! Of course, with that came her first Tooth Fairy visit with her tooth under her pillow in a not-so-glamorous zipper lock bag (hey, it did the trick and apparently the tooth fairy didn’t mind, lol!). Growing up, I remember I had a special little stuffed tooth pillow to put in my precious little gift for the tooth fairy, so I decided to make one for my daughter. These little projects are the perfect size for an in-the-hoop (I ..read more

Many of our Janome sewing machines feature a USB port in the side of the machine. Some, like all versions of the fabulous Janome MC15000 and the Janome Continental M17 have two! The USB port allows you to import stitch or embroidery designs using a USB Flash Drive. It also allows you to update the machine whenever an update may be available. An update for the Janome CM17 was recently released on the Janome Global Site, as well as our Janome Canada website. Full instructions are provided in the above links, but some people still struggle with getting the machine to update on the first go, so, i ..read more