Originally Posted by susanquinlan
I have a Bernina Frame, not a Grace. I am a Bernina Die Hard and have been for 25 years. I still have my 930 and have never had it in the shop or adjusted the tension. I am afraid to step out of the box as you cant beat the tension. Also, there will come a time when I will want a bigger frame, my thoughts are I would still have a good machine. I appreciate your feedback, It is a tough decision on which way to go.
Bernina makes sewing machines but they don't even "make" all of those. My friend's Bernette embroidery machine is nothing like a real Bernina and it didn't cost near as much as the real thing. My guess is it is really a re-branded Brother or Simplicity. Berina used Grace to make frames for them. Grace makes frames and darn good ones for the most part. Check out the Grace Pinnacle at
http://www.graceframe.com/site/machineframes/pinnacle
Viking did the same thing with the Inspira frame (now known as Gold Standard) by New Joy when they introduced the little Mega Quilter. For the 18.8 Mega Quilter--they used Tin Lizzie. Many of the manufacturers have partnerships like this. It takes scads & scads of money to develop new products. It is much cheaper to contact someone who all ready makes a product you want to develop and pay them to put your brand on it.