Years ago when I was sewing all the time for my daughter, Lindsey, I lusted for a Bernina sewing machine, but as a young mother with small children, and living from paycheck to paycheck, I could not afford one. I got along fine, though, with my Singer Creative Touch 1030.
I never was able to afford the Bernina when my children were young, but I did purchase my first Bernina, a 1008, around 2002, That model is an entry level mechanical machine.
This model doesn”t have a lot of fancy bells and whistles, but it does have that solid swiss built quality that Bernina is known for. One of the things I really wanted on a machine was the free hand system, and this model did not have it, so my next purchase was the Bernina 1260.
Both of these Bernina machines were purchaed used on Ebay. I love the 1260, it is a great machine. I also purchased a Bernina Deco 340 Embroidery machine. This is an entry level embroidery only machine. Since I had a good sewing machine, I wanted embroidery only, and this fit the bill fine.
At that time, things were just fine, I felt like I had wonderful machines for both sewing and embroidery. Then, my husband, Theo, decided he wanted to purchase a new Harley Davidson motorcycle. Well, tit for tat, if he gets a motorcycle, I can get something, but what? Initially I pondered a commercial embroidery machine that can embroider multiple colors at once. The pictures of this machine are deceiving. When I initially looked up this machine, it looked to me like it was about the size of a serger. Well, it is not. It is a huge machine, so I didn”t want to purchase something that big.That left only one option, in my mind. I would get a new Bernina sewing/embroidery machine. And the one I coveted, the 830 LE, was now within my means.And… it is now mine!
It fits into my sewing room very nicely. And it really is an amazing machine. I will be attending the VIP retreat in Chicago in December to learn about the many things that this machine is capable of. Happy Sewing!!!