My GD is 9 and really wants to learn to sew, I bought her a Janome 3128 last year as her first sewing machine but she is scared of it.
I though about putting a wood block on the pedal to be sure she wasn't stepping on it to hard but in testing it, I can see that very little pressure at all has this thing run at almost top speed. I played with it myself and it does run like a wild bunch of dogs ready for supper and that's with barely putting your foot on the pedal. This is not exceptable for a first time sewer and needs to be slowed down. Is there any way to do this?
By the way, at top speed, the thing runs across the table if you don't hold on to it.
Any ideas on how to slow this thing down???