Sewing machine GET!
Aug. 25th, 2013 11:31 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
amethyst73I got it. :) I think either the market price for the Esante went up recently, or Eddie's gave it a temporary markup, because the sale price was definitely not 25% lower than the price I was quoted a month or so ago. However, it was still a decent chunk below that quoted price (quote: $2850; I paid $2499), and given that I was willing to pay the previously-quoted price, I was happy to take the sale.
I haven't done much with it yet. I've unpacked it from its box, and plugged it in and messed a little with the menus to make sure it worked that far, but I knew yesterday that I'd want to spend some real time with it when I first started actually messing around with it, and I didn't really have that kind of time yesterday. I should later today, however!
One thing I noticed: it's HEAVY compared with the Featherweight. (I think it's in the vicinity of 30 lbs.) I know Eddie's sells wheeled bags for sewing machines, and I'll see what their prices are compared with Amazon's. I'm going to be hauling the machine around some: it's already lined up for 2 trips back to Eddie's for the sewing function intro classes, then there'll be a third for the embroidery function intro class, and then depending on how often I end up going to the embroidery club (meets once a month to do a project) I may end up hauling it around a *lot*. Given how heavy it is, and given that I can't just leave it set up and out 100% of the time (worried about cat-induced damage) if the wheeled bag is a convenient way to store it, I may use the bag to get it from the bedroom to the dining room and back!
Pictures with me and my new girl later. :)
I haven't done much with it yet. I've unpacked it from its box, and plugged it in and messed a little with the menus to make sure it worked that far, but I knew yesterday that I'd want to spend some real time with it when I first started actually messing around with it, and I didn't really have that kind of time yesterday. I should later today, however!
One thing I noticed: it's HEAVY compared with the Featherweight. (I think it's in the vicinity of 30 lbs.) I know Eddie's sells wheeled bags for sewing machines, and I'll see what their prices are compared with Amazon's. I'm going to be hauling the machine around some: it's already lined up for 2 trips back to Eddie's for the sewing function intro classes, then there'll be a third for the embroidery function intro class, and then depending on how often I end up going to the embroidery club (meets once a month to do a project) I may end up hauling it around a *lot*. Given how heavy it is, and given that I can't just leave it set up and out 100% of the time (worried about cat-induced damage) if the wheeled bag is a convenient way to store it, I may use the bag to get it from the bedroom to the dining room and back!
Pictures with me and my new girl later. :)
