Originally Posted by ckcowl

when my granddaugter was 4 i found a little (3/4 machine) brother machine with speed control- i could set it at slow and no matter how heavy her foot was it would just stitch along nice and slow- paid $89 for it 6 years ago- she still uses that machine and loves it- it is still (just her size) i also set her up on a little carebear table & chairs- her little sewing corner was all- just her size- no problems reaching the pedal or anything else-
all the kids have Brother machines with speed control (even my 30+ daughter :)
the brother machines are good basic machines at reasonable prices- they have held up for many years now- and are the go-to machine (the kids in my world will stand aside and wait their turn for one of the brothers instead of sitting down at my Viking- not one of them-guys or girls like using the Viking-they all like using the Brother's)
a little old singer is good too- but they don't have (cruise control)but a good heavy duty-will take alot of abuse machine-and stitch a nice line of stitches-
but at the price some are paying for them---