Originally Posted by katcox
I bought my daughter a 100. singer at Walmart a couple years ago. I made about 4 lines of stitches and put it back in the box. Told her to try and sell it for 50. if she could.
piece of junk after using Janome. It made me very frustrated. wouldn't run unless you turned the wheel. o' maybe that's for safety! But I think I would rather of found a gem and gave to her. maybe a little more money but not so frustrating.
Its so sad that the Singer name doesn't stand for quality anymore. :cry: Back in the day Singer was among the best machines made. There's nothing more frustrating than a machine that doesn't sew well and/or poor quality. I taught my daughter to sew with my Bernina 1031, she's 24 and owns two Bernina 930s, she loves to sew and has told me that she was happy that she learned to sew with a good quality machine. She has friends that are trying to use the low quality new machines, they're so frustrated. She has steered them toward older mechanical machines. She's learned that from using my collection of older machines.