Elna 7200 Pro

This was a big step for me to spend this amount on myself. It was well worth it. My other machines(I cheaped out) kept breaking or wearing out within a few years. I sew A LOT. I am going to keep a time log on this one. I was intimidated by the new fancy machines but this Elna is easy to figure out,I am looking forward to discovering all it's features.I hope it pushes me to the next level of skill and quality.

I've had my Elna 7200 Pro for almost 3 years now and I've put it through a lot. I am a professional fiber artist and my machine gets a serious work out everyday and it has never given me one problem. I like the extra reach, and how it starts and stops a sewn line with a locking stitch and then it draws the top thread to the back and cuts it, this is a real time saving feature for the way I work. The independent bobbin winder is great too. I have other Elnas and so it was very easy to learn how to work this machine, heck it would have been easy to learn this machine even if I'd never used any other machine. It is a pretty machine and for some reason that matters to me, it makes me want to work with it. Also I like the more rounded edges that Elna machines have say in comparison to Berninas. I teach art quilting at a store that sells Berninas and they asked me to use their machine instead of mine to do demos, I tell that Bernina makes me nuts. It keeps jamming on me. Sorry but I'd take a Elna or a Viking well before I'd ever think about buying an over priced Bernina.

This Elna 7200 Pro is my first higher end machine and I love it. I should have bought one years ago. I especially love the free motion sewing, auto thread cutter and auto threader. And you can wind thread while sewing.