Originally Posted by piccupstix
What a wealth of information. Thank you! I guess since pretty much everyone thought the mini machine would be a piece of junk, I'll look for a regular size machine for her to use when I fly into Texas next week.
I sure appreciate everyones ideas!
Kids today are alot smarter technology wise than we were at there age and I haven't met a kid yet that is or has sewed on those mini machines with just a straight stitch. MY GD had one from her other GM and she hasn't used it but once or twice. Told me it was a piece of junk and wanted to learn to sew on a real machine. Kids look, listen and learn quicker than some of us adults when it comes to this stuff so you are making a wise choice.
You can go to a place like Walmart and get a decent machine at a very good price with several stiches on it. My GD uses the Brother SQ-9000 with 80 stich and also prefers to use the start/stop button than the foot pedal. She has better control of that than the foot pedal.