Originally Posted by purplefiend

the bernina 820 is about $8,000, the 830 is $12,000. Toooo much money imho. Now if they just made a machine with say a 12-15" throat that was straight and zig zag stitch with the vertical bobbin system like the berninas have that would be wonderful. Also if it was a table top machine that has feed dogs, that way it would so much easier to quilt like the domestic home machines do.
Sharon