learning to sew necessary???

redbug119
Wed, 28 Sep 2011 09:25:28 +0000

D learned to sew on our 35 year old still-metal-body Singer. She doesn’t do clothes or anything very complicated, but gets by. When the soft sculpture project came around, all the kids were vying for a limited number of machines. She ended up hand sewing hers because she didn’t want to wait for machines, and her project was such that it worked out fine because it was detailed. She was, however, in GREAT demand from the guys in the class who needed to use the machines and had no idea where to start.

If you are looking for a resonable priced machine, try your local sewing machine repair shop. I knows ours has machines that have been repaired and then left by their owners. Lots of time they have them reasonable for maybe just the repair cost, etc.

My friend has a machine that was close to $1,000 about 7 years ago, is in her “sewing room” and I don’t think it’s been touched more than twice in all that time. It’s a fancy one (but plastic) that does 12,576 stitches (just kidding, actually) and sings and dances. Like Bears said, why do we need all this fancy stuff. I like my Singer just fine.