Originally Posted by clem55
My goodness! What does a $10000 sewing machine do?
That's an interesting train of thought. I had a New Home sewing machine for the longest time, $400 and a good machine but not worth that much money; still have it and it still sews fine, but not so slick as the new machines.
Then Santa brought me a little surprise Brother 270D one Christmas and I loved it. Nice stitching and nice embroidery, just small. Great for classes, but did not want to go back and forth with the setup for the embroidery and the sewing.
Went up to a $3500 Bernina 440QE and after a hard learning curve to sew with it, plus being so heavy and accessories so expensive, just had it serviced and set for embroidery with rayon thread, and that's all I use it for.
Unless I want to sew 5 or 6 thickness of denim or whatnot, you can't beat a Bernina as a workhorse.
Then when my dear best friend and then my daughter came to visit me on rare trip when I lived so very far away,
I purchased 2 little Brother 6000i machines at WM for less than $90 each so we could sew together on normal quilting stuff, and now guess what: the things are light and accurate and very dependable and majorly portable, so that's what I end up sewing with most of the time!
Go figure.