Originally Posted by tortoisethreads
So my daughter's birthday is coming up and she will be officially 6. She really wants a sewing machine and I feel she deserves one. I don't want to get her a toy, seeing as she's started her 3rd quilt and really has a gift for quilting. She's been practicing free motion quilting...WOW! Any ideas on a good machine for about $100.00? I will say, she's works on my expensive machine and she is very mature and respectful while sewing.
OK well its not in the $100 range but I got my 5 yr old a Baby Lock Grace A-line series.. She loves it.. (I do too! plus I now have a portable machine to 'borrow' when i have a quilting class.. ) It has a start & stop button- Since she cant reach the floor anyhow. AND (this is one of my favorite features !!) a sewing speed controller- Slow or fast and all the speeds in between.. Shes on slow but working her way up..