Although I do not know anything about the Daisy, I've had two Viking sewing machines and absolutely love, love, love using a Viking. My Viking Quilt Designer gets major use as I make lots of quilts and now my neice has my Viking 450 that I bought years ago slightly used.

IMHO, Viking machines are one of the top makes available. Sounds like you bought a quality machine suitable for what you want to do. But don't be surprised if after a while you feel the need to "upgrade." This usually happens if you really get into your sewing projects and get hooked.

Teresa

I never had a Daisy but I had a Viking 350. I had it for 8 years and loved it. I just upgraded to a viking sewing-embroidery machine. I am sure that you will love your machine. Viking is a top maker and the machines are very high quality and last a long time. I have had many sewing machines in my life and Viking is one of the tops. Colleen

I'm also not familiar with the daisy,but i have the viking Rose and have had it for about 9 years.Once i got the bugs out of it in the beginning,i've not had any other problems.
Kathi

Don't feel bad...I bought my Brother sewing/embroidery machine after taking a class at a show! They were selling the machines used at the show for 1/2 off, plus a good sized package of extras. DH took it really well when I made him haul it out of the car for me! :) Anyway, I bought it 3 years ago and I love it! If I had done research, maybe I would have chosen a different machine, but I love the one I have and have been very happy with it!

Donna

Thank you all for you encouragement.
I needed to know that Viking was a good brand......I've always had cheapo Singers that became worth less than the cost to fix them when they broke. (Which is what just happened to my last one.)
I guess the Daisy is the basic model of all the "flower names".
The only thing I thought was wierd is that the foot pedal seems kind of cheesy. Are they all like that?
Anyway, I'm loving it!

Yes Holly, the foot pedal does seem a little flimsy compared to the Singer but it does the job. Colleen

On most older machines, the foot pedal would usually be metal. Now that they have gone to plastic pedals, they do seem flimsy, but like Colleen said, they do the job just fine and don't add as much extra weight to the machine when carrying it.

Even the lower end Viking machines are made so much better than many other brands. Sewers just starting out would be so much better off to do as you did - buy a better machine that was used, especially one that was traded in for an upgrade. That way you know it was used by someone who took care of it and who wanted to expand his/her sewing skills.

Teresa

I have a Viking Platinum 750. I wanted a 'basic, but better than my old one' machine and the primary focus was a really good buttonhole. I ended up with this one because it has 7 different styles and found it has all sorts of fancy extras - some I may never use.

One of the thing that impressed me most was the solid build quality and the responsiveness of the pedal - you can easily tap it for a half stitch - my old one just whined if you tried to do that!

You said it yourself - you loved it - so it was yours!

Enjoy!
AJ

Thanks again, everyone. I not only feel reassured, I feel kind of lucky that I found this machine. I'm already sewing so much better than I did on my bouncy-bobbin, threading nightmare, tensionally dysfunctional old machine.
It's funny, a few days ago I was saying "What would I ever need all these stitches for?" Now I'm thinking "Hmmmm, what's all this talk about embroidery machines??"

I have not had a Viking but I, too, have heard good reports.

I just want to comment on the foot control. I bought a Brother ULT with a MSRP of $6,000. When I unpacked it & saw the foot control, I was thinking surely that flimsy thing did not go with this machine! It really did & I have had no problems but I kinda freak everytime it gets bumped. I hold my breath that it will still function! I have seen some for toy machines that look more "real".