Lucy, "my Bernina 830" got sick
Lucy had not been serviced for 13 months. Nothing serious wrong, but did not like the sound she was making when using the thread cutter. (I must do better.) She had 2 million stitches on her at 13 months. Today at the doctor's office, I learned she now has over 20 million stitches. I was asked if I do a lot of embroidery. No, just a lot of piecing and FMQ. When her check up was completed, there was a short list of parts that had to be replaced. Replaced owing to wear by the yards of thread passing over wire and thread guides, etc. I really felt this was going to begin a repeating since I use the machine so hard.
Long story short, I brought home a used Bernina 880. It has been used only 26 hours, essentially new. I was made an offer that I could not refuse and I didn't.