Any suggestions?
Aha! I just researched this because I was going to buy JZ one for xmas.
You don't want one that's computerized. You can buy refurbished ones at specialty shops that still have long warranties and will last forever. (20 years) The older metal ones last longer than the newer plastic ones.
Generally speaking the European ones are going to last longer. Folks like Viking and Elna models.
There are some really good deals to be had online, especially when they're closing out a model. You can find $800 machines for $350 if you shop around.
A lot of specialty shops will let you try the used ones in store, or take them home for a month to see if you like it.
eta: Yeah, I also heard Bernina and Pfaff were good. (Note the euro names.)
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Janome is another brand I researched a lot and had a good rep.
You know Tim's reading and now wondering how he can kill someone with a sewing machine.
I bet you could kill someone with one of those industrial sized ones. At the very least, I'm sure you could maim them.
Janome is another brand I researched a lot and had a good rep.
A friend who I really trust and who is not trying to sell me a sewing machine (because she's too busy drooling over my mom's old Singer Featherlight that I have now) sells Janome and swears by them. Plus, some of the fancy ones that she has do really nifty embroidery. Although it makes them not last as long, there is something to be said for the computerization.
You could use toxic thread in the embroidery of a Roy Rogers-ish western shirt, of course.
We insert a different color page for each new set of revisions to keep track
Thanks. I was wondering, since some of it seemed like whole sections that could stand on their own, and some like half sentences in between everything. That makes sense.
Now I'm feeling competitive.
ETA: Nilly, I did a final edit on Random Acts of Paypal, tonight. Made me all teary.
