Re: ta da!

Afraid to 'spend this amount of money' can be put into perspective.
I bought an 'expensive for us at the time' Viking 990. used it for at least
12 years. divide that into how much you spent and see how much it cost you
PER YEAR. Might help bring it into perspective.
OR you could look at it this way......It did what I needed (sewed thru a
stack of folded denim AND the humpjumper twice without skipping a stitch,
breaking a needle or slowing down)---used it to where I burned the head up
in it, had a complete new computer board put in, wore out the thing that
switches it form going forward/backward).........in other words I WORE IT
OUT before I bought a new one.

This shouldn't be looked at as a 2 year purchase.even if you trade it
later..it needs to be what you plan on suing for a few ears..so it needs to
fit YOUR needs for now and the future.

Now, let us know when you bring it home so we can Party Party Party with you

Butterfly (I'll bring the almond M&M's : )

"Anne Rogers" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks to the help you gave me with names of things and how American
houses are constructed, with some prodding and poking DH has got my
drawers up on the wall! So now, I'm slowly working through all my bits and
bobs and putting them away, labeling the draws as I go (I have to label to
have any chance of keeping anything neat!).

I think I've decided on buying the Brother Innovis QC 1000, DH said we
could go to the shop today, but as DS has gymnastics at 5, I felt we'd be
too rushed and I do want to have another go with it before deciding for
certain. I will definitely check the warranty details too, I think that is
my biggest fear, buying something, then having trouble with it. Though
based on that, this is one of the reasons I'm swinging towards the Brother
is that the shop I will buy it from is a local mini chain, 12 stores I
think, so they have a local workshop, 3 pick ups a week and do a week turn
around for a regular service. The Viking dealership use someone in Oregon
(we're in Bellevue, WA) for service and repair, so it's fortnightly pick
ups and that's the minimum turnaround time. I don't think I'll ever feel
quite right spending this amount of money, but I think I'd actually feel
more wasteful if I spent less and got something that wasn't all that much
better than what I have - what I have works, it's just very definitely a
sewers machine rather than a quilters machine, it was fab for sewing fur,
felt, elastic, velcro etc when making halloween costumes.

What I really want to do in the next 24 hours is make significant progress
in tidying, I want everything off the sewing table, so I'm all ready to
go!

Cheers
Anne


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