I've been having machine feature envy ever since I borrowed my mom's Pfaff and fell in love with the needle down and knee lift. I almost bought a Brother 8500 embroidery machine last week when I had my elna's in for repair but I held off. I took my Elna to the quilt retreat and she was back to her old tricks of not sewing over seams without tugging and I (thankfully) had also brought my featherweight and switched to that machine for the remainder of my sewing. Since the hotel had internet I ended up spending some time surfing ebay and found a Bernina Activa 240 from ebay, the seller happened to be local and was not interested in shipping the machine. As I was sewing with a number of ladies who all had more machine experience than I did I was able to get their opinions, and even try out my friend's Activa 230, and it sewed beautifully. Another quilter there had a 240 and raved about it and I was sold. I'm supposed to be picking the machine up tomorrow and am excited to work on finishing some of the projects I started over the weekend. I'm planning on cleaning out my sewing room tonight and making room for my new toy.
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