Thanks for pointing that out about the smallish free arm. I don't think I"m likely to do complicated costume construction, but you never know.
Janome was the first brand I was looking at really closely just 'cuz the dealer is the closest of the various brands. :) I'd also started looking at Brother/Baby Lock (my friend has the Ellegante); they both have stores within about a 25-minute drive, so they'll be next on my list to visit.
I'd noticed that the Brother machines are the only ones licensed for Disney embroidery images. (Not that I care that much about Disney.) And that they have a TON of embroidery combo machines, which I should probably look closer at.
The other thing I need to remember for myself is that, a year from now, dealers will have good deals on _this_ year's machines, the same as they have good deals now on _last_ year's machines.
When buying recently so-called retired machines, how fast does it become difficult to get repair parts?
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Janome was the first brand I was looking at really closely just 'cuz the dealer is the closest of the various brands. :) I'd also started looking at Brother/Baby Lock (my friend has the Ellegante); they both have stores within about a 25-minute drive, so they'll be next on my list to visit.
I'd noticed that the Brother machines are the only ones licensed for Disney embroidery images. (Not that I care that much about Disney.) And that they have a TON of embroidery combo machines, which I should probably look closer at.
The other thing I need to remember for myself is that, a year from now, dealers will have good deals on _this_ year's machines, the same as they have good deals now on _last_ year's machines.
When buying recently so-called retired machines, how fast does it become difficult to get repair parts?