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Viking Sapphire quilt 875
quiltingwolf Advanced MD USA Member since 12/15/02 Posts: 4987	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 12/3/12 4:11 PM Think I've fallen in love again. Anyone know what this goes for? I'm guessing around 2K? ------ quiltingwolf.blogspot.com
PortlandMaine   Advanced Beginner ME USA Member since 1/29/11 Posts: 1628	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 12/3/12 4:26 PM I like those machines, too. ------ Drag queen quilter!
Seams2Sew Intermediate USA Member since 8/15/08 Posts: 454	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 12/3/12 4:37 PM I think you are in the ballpark with the price. It is a very pretty machine. Have you given it a test drive?
quiltingwolf Advanced MD USA Member since 12/15/02 Posts: 4987	Login to reply to this post In reply to Seams2Sew << 1 member likes this. Date: 12/3/12 4:40 PM no not really in the market for a new machine. I just fall in love randomly with ones I can't afford lol. I like the looks of it but like the stitch package on the Opal better. I have the say when I would look at Vikings when they were in the Joanns thought they looked cheap and plasticy. But they've always had a good rep. This seems to be Viking's version of the Janome Horizon. ------ quiltingwolf.blogspot.com
SouthernStitch   Advanced LA USA Member since 8/24/02 Posts: 8175	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 12/3/12 6:28 PM I've considered those Sapphires too, they are so pretty! And less money than I could get the Horizon for. Allbrands was still selling those at MSRP even though they are closing out! -- Edited on 12/3/12 6:29 PM -- ------ Bernina 730E, 530, and 350PE Singer 221 FW, 403a When life gives you green velvet curtains, make a green velvet dress.
SewPerfect   Advanced NC USA Member since 1/6/04 Posts: 165	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 12/4/12 0:20 AM I test drove the 875 this spring, great machine! My dealer runs specials every month, for black friday the 875 could be had for $1899, I think it had been around $2200 Ani ------ Happy Seams to you....until we meet again! Janome Horizon 7700, Pfaff 6122 Tipmatic, Brother PQ1500S, Singer 15-91, Pfaff serger
sewfrequent Intermediate TX USA Member since 6/27/03 Posts: 2904	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 12/4/12 7:02 AM The problem is the sapphires were plagued with the same problems that the pfaff expressions had/have. i too love that machine and the expression 4 also but even all these years later, some are good and some aren't. I'm thinking a new series will be coming soon and i'm hoping it will be bug-free like the ambition. The Opal has no track-record but I'm betting its probably similar to the Ambition models.
quiltingwolf Advanced MD USA Member since 12/15/02 Posts: 4987	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 12/4/12 7:32 AM Yeah I don't know anything about the Vikings. I think their rep has gone down with that deal that now has them owned by the same corp that owns Singer and is it Pfaff? If I were lucky enough to be able to purchase a new machine, saying without test driving would be the new Janome. Or maybe the non embroidery Dreamweaver. ------ quiltingwolf.blogspot.com
kerri Y Intermediate Member since 5/6/04 Posts: 248	Login to reply to this post In reply to quiltingwolf << Like this post Date: 12/5/12 9:40 AM Besides the embroidery combos, I think the sapphire 875Q has all the convenient goodies that I love and the combos have, mainly, the thread cutter, ESS and versatile sewing stitch options. Having the "oh my I will never justify paying this high $ for a SM" Designer Diamond Deluxe, I love it more and more everyday. It is dream to sew on I can't believe I still want the Sapphire 875Q too! and understand why you like the looks of it. I got over the plastic-ee look of the machine once I test drove it a few times. Now, I can't believe how solid and sturdy my Viking is and yet beautiful like a regular sewing machine. It sits right in the center of my family room. I did read abut earliest versions of the Sapphire having glitches. I bought an early Pfaff Ambition and it had lots of trouble and they let me exchange it. It is a gamble on the first rounds of new machines and that turned me off of trying out new models for awhile. -- Edited on 12/5/12 9:45 AM --

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