I, too, am sorry to hear your news. I have a Bernina and would never buy anything else. You can get a low end Bernina. If it is new, and you buy from a dealer, it should include classes on how to use the features. BTW, Bernina makes the best buttonholes, if that is important to you. On most machines, the buttonhole zigzags down one side and back up the other, meaning the second side is stitching in reverse. The zigzag never looks as good when done in reverse. The Bernina back straight stitches up the second side, then comes down with the zigzag. I don't think an industrial machine is necessary unless you do lots and lots of sewing, like you are a full-time seamster. Ann Wass In a message dated 10/7/2009 1:56:45 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, quix...@toysmakeuspowerful.com writes:
So, the short story is that I'm getting a divorce, and her sewing machines are not going to be accessible to me anymore (or her sewing skills for that matter). So, I am looking at buying a machine, and would like some opinions on what I should get. Currently, my wife has a nice Bernina Artista 180e, which does about everything. Basically, I haven't done anything more than be an assistant for a long time, so I'm not sure how much of the extra feature set I'm actually going to need. A couple of options I see: 1) Go to walmart, buy something like the Brother CE-5000PRW, which has every basic thing I think I'd need, and appears to do automatic buttonholes. a) pros - cheap enough to buy another if it has problems b) cons - not as expandable with features, no local repair 2) Buy a Bernina a) pros - local repair, an attachment exists for everything b) cons - costly My areas of interest change often, so I can't say I'll be only doing one period of clothing. One thing the Bernina has is a piping foot to actually make piping out of whatever fabric. I don't see such a beasty on the Brother, but I just am not sure I am well enough informed on that. Anyway, I'd appreciate any advice everyone has, and please forgive me if I'm acting too much like a newb... because I am one :) -- Don Quixote -- Takeda Kiyoteru -- quix...@toysmakeuspowerful.com _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
