Just wondering -
Of you sewers out there who have new (less than five years old) machines with all the features, how many of the features do you actually use?
The machine I bought - golly, now it's almost 20 years old, and I think of it as my "new" machine - has a lot of features that I have never used.
I use the straight stitch, zig-zag, the several stitch zig-zag stitch, the hemming stitch, occasionally the button-hole thing - don't do that very well, once in a rare while one of the pattern stitches. I like the needle-up/needle down function.
The embroidery machines look like a lot of fun, but for the cost, if I only want something done once in a blue moon, it might be worthwhile to pay someone to do an item.
Sometimes one only needs a fly-swatter. The heavy artillery just isn't appropriate at times.!