Originally Posted by shaverg
I don't know about the sapphire, but my friend just bought the Viking QuilterII, I think that is what it is called and loves it. Viking is still built in Sweden, which is a good thing. Now most of Berninas are put together in China. She paid $1199.
Again your information isn't quite accurate. Vikings are Designed and Engineered in Sweden, but manufactured in China in a factory supervised by Viking. Even there own web pages go out of their way not say Built in Sweden anymore...
Having said that, who cares where any of them are built? the only consideration should be the quality and performance of the machine and those things can be good, bad or indifferent no matter what the country of origin and are more related to the standards of the company overseeing the production.