Husqvarna Viking Emerald 203

Brother LS2125i
My first machine. I registered for this little Brother for my wedding. I thought it would be useful to have a machine around. My mother and my sister greatly enjoyed sewing and were starting to talk business ideas and such. I wasn't planning on giving up my day job, but shortening some curtains and making bags for my bicycle seemed within reach.

I registered because of the overwhelming good reviews on Amazon. This machine works great for tons of people. It is really light weight, very portable. It's quick to setup, low maintenance, and takes standard sized bobbins, needles, and thread spools. It has 10 stitches, about 8 more than I really needed for what I got it for.

My first project was a set of denim bags for my bicycle. Went well. The only issues were really my failure to fully design and execute.

My second project was a quilt, somewhat detailed in the first blog post. This showed the issues with the machine. Underpowered, not flexible, and without the features required to quilt at home.

I purchased a Husqvarna Viking Emerald 203 with about 100 stitches more than I probably need but with the motor power and quilting features I can appreciate. I finished the quilting on one quilt then set out and made some owls. then attempted some cats and dogs with no avail, not due to the machine.

Over all, I feel I purchased a machine I can "grow into". Bells and whistles, power and feet. So many feet....