Originally Posted by
franc36
. I would like a Bernina 830; but at my age, I do not think I really need it.
That is the very reason to buy it!! You deserve it! Might as well enjoy life. Of course the main disadvantage of that machine is the price, so it is a matter of what your budget can handle. When I was working I kept putting money in a sewing machine savings account for years that was just for me for whatever TOL machine I wanted for my 70th birthday. So I bought myself the Brother Quattro (first the Duetta then traded it in for the Quattro less than a year later)
Everyone falls in love with different machines, the Bernina 830 had also just been released, was so very tempting but I loved the Quattro more.