I still love my Sears Kenmore (I've had it for >25 years), and I recommend the newer ones as well. They are not expensive and my feeling is that a plain machine that can do straight and zog-zag is more than enough for a beginning sewer. If well-maintained they should work well forever.
Yorus in cosutming, LisaA On Mon, 6 Feb 2012 10:17:50 -0500 Katy Bishop <katybisho...@gmail.com> writes: > I have been asked by a friend who has a daughter who wants to learn > to > sew to make costumes to come to our vintage dances. She asked what > would be a good starter machine. Does any one here have > recommendations? Thanks. > > -- > Katy Bishop, Vintage Victorian > katybisho...@gmail.com www.VintageVictorian.com > Custom reproduction gowns of the Victorian Era. > Publisher of the Vintage Dress Series books. > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume