Thanks guys! I'm having a lot of fun with her. Thank you for all the encouragement!

Love your banner for Scarlett and what a great idea, she certainly looks great

Lori, you've got so many great projects on your blog! Your 830LE and you make quite a team.

Great banner, Lori! On my list of 'must do' is a cover for my 630. Right now I just toss a towel over it when I'm not using it, because I don't want to put it away everym time.

ltdermdvm wrote: Love your Scarlett banner! Sounds like you are sooo busy now. Have a great weekend.

You guys...you're making me jealous Retirement is at least 15 years off. I shall make due with evenings and weekends, LOL. Hey, I made Scarlett a banner with her name to hang on the window above where she sits. here's a link if you want to take a look. she and I are having loads of fun!
http://quiltingunleashed.com/2012/04/07/a-little-embroidery/

Lorchen, by the time you retire in 2014 there will be another newer model super duper Bernina and then we will all be jealous. I hope I will still be around to hear all about it.
Anne

Me too Betty Jo. It was my retirement present to myself. It is a truly awesome machine. My girlfriend who lives in the USA & I refer to ours as BB (Big Bertha). BB is a joy to work with each day.
Enjoy Lorchen. Retirement rocks!

Lorchen wrote:
Lorchen, You'll love it when you get to that retirement. I just retired in January and bought my 830 LE a month or so before. Every morning I wake up sooo happy and I play many hours in my studio now. It's an amazing machine and I have so much more to learn about it, which makes it interesting. It has a bit of a learning curve, but well worth it.

Barbara, right now I have not got the time yet to really use absolutely everything the machine offers. There is this itsy-bitsy problem called a full-time job. But I retire in July 2014 and then.................

Lorchen
I loved your reply. I sold all my old machines (4) saved some money each week from my groceries for 2 years, & asked for contributions each Christmas. I used my Mom's old Featherweight until I could afford my new machine. It was totally worth it for me. Just make sure that you really can use all the features it offers.

A colleague of mine smokes, and moans that she can't afford to go on holiday. I didn't say anything, but when I had enough of the moaning I just handed her a piece of paper with the calculation of what she wastes by smoking and how much a posh holiday in the Bahamas would cost........

I don't smoke, but had to bring up two sons on my own. My main machine was a little Frister & Rossman Cub4. It took years before I could afford a Bernina 630. Am I a better quilter since I got that wonderful Bernina? No. But I can do all sorts of things that my trusty Cub4 can't do. So I'm definitely having more fun now.

Enjoy your 830!

I bought the 830 & love it. Today I would definately buy the 830LE because it gives you so many more stitch options. Enjoy!

CONGRATULATIONS GIRL!
You are going to love this machine, I understand the anxiety over the price though, I actually bought a Demo machine when I bought mine which is sort of funny because I could afford whatever I wanted but I think we who have grown up sewing have a very conservative careful side, which is a good thing.
The best thing about the 830 is I don't think you could ever out grow it, there are so many things to explore you will never get bored !
I am happy for you!
Franye