Originally Posted by SuzyM

I had a little Kenmore sewing machine for years. It wasn't special but it had great tension and I never had a problem with it.

When my mother passed away she left me her Bernina Artisan 180, so I passed on my little sewing machine.

I have had nothing but problems with the bobbin on this Bernina and it making an ugly messy on the underneath side of all of my sewing. I just got done ripping out half a quilt binding I just put on because of this stupid machine. I cannot figure out why it is doing what is doing because it doesn't happen all of the time. I am about ready to chuck it out the window or use it for target practice.

I am thinking about scanning the Sears black Friday adds to see if they may have a Kenmore on sale.