As you’ve read and noticed above, Singer sewing machines are extremely affordable. And I will be honest, they are perfect for my budget. But what if you are toying with the idea of starting a home business? If you are like me, you have these great ideas but may not have the finance...
So they have all types of customers in mind when building and designing their machines. I am already an awkward person, I don’t need my sewing machine to be awkward too! Quilters will agree with me. The straight stitch function is much more precise on a Juki sewing machine. As most ...
For me, I don’t really care about the number of stitches or computerized functions, I just need it to be reliable. I haven’t tried many machines but Janome is a good brand to start with since I’ve been using it for a couple of years. Brother is cheap and easily available but ...
First, he shows the intrinsic problem: sewing by hand requires you to reverse the direction of the needle, and it isn’t clear how to make a simple machine to do that. Sure, today you could probably make a robot that sews like a human does, but sewing machines have been around for ...
Types of Sewing Machines Choosing a sewing machine if you're a novice sewer can be overwhelming, to say the least. Let me put them into a few groups to make it less confusing. Here are some common sewing machine types: regular (household) sewing machines - this is the ONE we're talk...
My little machine was made in 1956 at the Singer Factory in Kilbowie, Scotland near Glasgow. This area is also known as Clydebank. Interestinghistory. Here's a littlevideo clipof the production line in this plant, not of the 222K but other machines. Click on the quicktime clip to see ...
Before we go any further, though, let me say yet again that there is no earth (ground) connection on these machines. Yes it’s a three-pin plug and socket but no, one of them isnotan earth connection. There is no easy way of properly earthing a pre-1960’s domestic Singer, and ...
Juki has constantly made sewing machines and sergers which are focused on both home sewing and industrial needs. For this reason, this innovative serger from the Juki that is famous as Juki "MO-654DE 234 Pearl Line" Thread Serger plus comes with huge bonus kit comprising many accessories. Thi...
I love my cabinets, but they aren’t practical with multiple machines (plus, I can’t use the knee lever with my Bernina! Boo!). Starting next to the door, on the right-hand side of the room – is my desk (or as they love to say on MTV Cribs “where the magic happens”). ...
I’ve yet to handle an extant tucked chemise that has visible machine back-tacking (that “reverse stitch” we have on modern machines.) Because I like to mimic originals as much as possible, I chose to skip machined back-tacking. At the end of each tuck, I simply left a bit of a ...