Newer, basic machine? Post here or on the sewing side?
My great-niece, Natalea, soon to turn 10, wants a sewing machine for Christmas.
This does not leave time for me to find, purchase, refurbish, and ship any of the Grand Old Ladies I hope to give my her mom, my niece.
I tried explaining my love of the old mechanical machines, but I'm sure the 9-year-old would be dazzled by the colorful new machines.
We are not going to spend a fortune on a top of the line new machine, but I do want something solid for her to learn on, and sew with for several years. By then I'll have found the "perfect" vintage machine for her mother, and she can update the daughter's machine.
What new machine would you suggest? I want her to have straight, reverse, blind, and zig-zag stitches at the minimum.
I live in North Dakota; she is in Arkansas. There are two (?) sewing centers in Mtn. Home. I will be paying for her to have classes at one of them.
I read the thread "Recommendations for an 11-year-old." Wonderful ideas, but I need suggestions (sadly) for a new machine. She's too excited to wait.