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#31
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Location: Jozefow, Poland
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There is a lot of "slippery pricing tricks" in the sewing machine world. This is a video done by a man who wanted to buy his wife a Bernina...very informative and somewhat irritating. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mNOoQkQ14s
#32
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Location: in the land of fruits, nuts, flakes & quakes!
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There is a lot of "slippery pricing tricks" in the sewing machine world. This is a video done by a man who wanted to buy his wife a Bernina...very informative and somewhat irritating. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mNOoQkQ14s
#33
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Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Indiana
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If this was mentioned, I missed it and I apologize. One needs to remember that when purchasing a TOL machine like a Babylock or Bernina you are also paying for the service and support of the shop you buy it from. You are not buying those from walmart or on line.
I want those stores to stay in business and I would rather pay a little more to them to help with that than supporting the huge conglomerates that drive every "little guy" out of business. So, I have a nice mix of vintage Singers, Babylock and Janome but I am sure that the others are all fine machines.
I want those stores to stay in business and I would rather pay a little more to them to help with that than supporting the huge conglomerates that drive every "little guy" out of business. So, I have a nice mix of vintage Singers, Babylock and Janome but I am sure that the others are all fine machines.
#34
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Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Timmins, Ont. Canada
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My Daughter has that same Brother, she loves it. Like I just said there are no plastic parts. I have the Babylock Jane and a Juki TL98QE all three are pretty much the same machines - Price difference is what isn't the same. There are a lot of machine and thread snobs on this site. They act like they are getting a cut by running done ones that buy different machines and thread than what they have.
You have a great machine and will love it.
You have a great machine and will love it.
#37
If this was mentioned, I missed it and I apologize. One needs to remember that when purchasing a TOL machine like a Babylock or Bernina you are also paying for the service and support of the shop you buy it from. You are not buying those from walmart or on line.
I want those stores to stay in business and I would rather pay a little more to them to help with that than supporting the huge conglomerates that drive every "little guy" out of business. So, I have a nice mix of vintage Singers, Babylock and Janome but I am sure that the others are all fine machines.
I want those stores to stay in business and I would rather pay a little more to them to help with that than supporting the huge conglomerates that drive every "little guy" out of business. So, I have a nice mix of vintage Singers, Babylock and Janome but I am sure that the others are all fine machines.
Having said that --- you need to buy what suits you. I have several different brands of machines and I like them all. I would love to own a Bernina, but they are definitely out of my price range. Maybe, if I ever go to the UK, I can buy one there. lol
#40
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Round Rock,Texas
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I'd never heard of Bernina until I moved to a little bitty town in South Carolina and needed a new sewing machine ASAP. The only machine dealer within 70 miles was the local quilt shop that sold Berninas. I still have my Bernina, have had it 20 years so far, its a great machine.
I own several brands of sewing machines, with different bobbin systems. Some have the separate bobbin cases under the machine(class 15),others have a drop-in top loading bobbin. For FMQ (free motion quilting), I like the class 15 bobbin system; its easier to get consistent stitches.
I have a Viking Sapphire 875 that I finally learned to use for FMQ, it had a learning curve; this one has the drop-in top loading bobbin and tends to be fussy when it comes to threads. Most of my machines that I use for FMQ have the class 15 bobbin and don't seem to be picky about what threads I use.
This is just my experience and what works for me. My other machines are vintage Singer treadles,a Pfaff treadle and 2 electric Berninas and 1 Pfaff 1222E; all are mechanical, only the Sapphire is computerized.
Sharon W.
I own several brands of sewing machines, with different bobbin systems. Some have the separate bobbin cases under the machine(class 15),others have a drop-in top loading bobbin. For FMQ (free motion quilting), I like the class 15 bobbin system; its easier to get consistent stitches.
I have a Viking Sapphire 875 that I finally learned to use for FMQ, it had a learning curve; this one has the drop-in top loading bobbin and tends to be fussy when it comes to threads. Most of my machines that I use for FMQ have the class 15 bobbin and don't seem to be picky about what threads I use.
This is just my experience and what works for me. My other machines are vintage Singer treadles,a Pfaff treadle and 2 electric Berninas and 1 Pfaff 1222E; all are mechanical, only the Sapphire is computerized.
Sharon W.
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