DO NOT BOTHER WITH A BROTHER. Get a Bernina, used if necessary, or an old heavy black Singer that does a godd straight stitch.
Kim -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Don Eisele Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 12:56 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [h-cost] Query on sewing machines So, the short story is that I'm getting a divorce, and her sewing machines are not going to be accessible to me anymore (or her sewing skills for that matter). So, I am looking at buying a machine, and would like some opinions on what I should get. Currently, my wife has a nice Bernina Artista 180e, which does about everything. Basically, I haven't done anything more than be an assistant for a long time, so I'm not sure how much of the extra feature set I'm actually going to need. A couple of options I see: 1) Go to walmart, buy something like the Brother CE-5000PRW, which has every basic thing I think I'd need, and appears to do automatic buttonholes. a) pros - cheap enough to buy another if it has problems b) cons - not as expandable with features, no local repair 2) Buy a Bernina a) pros - local repair, an attachment exists for everything b) cons - costly My areas of interest change often, so I can't say I'll be only doing one period of clothing. One thing the Bernina has is a piping foot to actually make piping out of whatever fabric. I don't see such a beasty on the Brother, but I just am not sure I am well enough informed on that. Anyway, I'd appreciate any advice everyone has, and please forgive me if I'm acting too much like a newb... because I am one :) -- Don Quixote -- Takeda Kiyoteru -- [email protected] _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
