Originally Posted by
Gabrielle's Mimi
I teach Learn to Quilt classes at my LQS and lots of people come in with $99 Singers, etc. We need to be kind...these newbies do not have the experience and years of quilting that many of us do. I am very lucky to have a Bernina that I just love, but many people do not know that there are shops that specialize in better quality machines, or they may not have the financial resources to buy a great machine. I teach everyone who comes to me, regardless of their machine quality, and usually, once they see what a good machine can do, they begin saving to buy a nicer machine.
I agree-not everyone can afford an expensive machine. I have a Singer I bought at Costco(it was a 500$ machine on sale for 89$-previous year model) and it works great. I use it as a back up machine. After I took a couple of classes and the teacher complained about my machine because it was mechanical and made more noise than the electric computer models. I bought a Babylock. I am lucky as my husband has a good job and we could afford it. If I didn't I would have stuck with my Singer as a main machine and done okay.