2010-03-24
By Karielk (Western Washington)
I have been sewing since 1969 or so. I have done a lot of sewing, had a number of different machines. My last purchase was a Euro pro. It sews pretty well, but very hard to get parts. I wanted another machine so my daughters and I can sew together. Price was a factor, and I did a lot of investigating different machines and decided on this one. So far, I am well pleased. I have played around with the different feet and designs. I am very pleased with the button holes and how easy they are. (I can remember my first buttonholes many years ago)
I am a bit disappointed in how much plastic parts there are now. But I am seeing that on most the machines.
I am enjoying the feature to use the buttons on the machine for start/stop and speed control. I love the needle threader as well as the feature for the quick start bobbin. One thing I haven't tried yet is heavier fabric such as denim.
I would highly recommend this machine for beginners or intermediate users. A lot of machine for the price.
Next day--I cut off some jeans and hemmed them, and even with a 16 needle this machine wouldn't go through the doubled side seams of the jeans. A lot of machines I have used over the years had this problem as well. This is the only thing I have had trouble with so far. But it sewed the regular denim just fine.