Originally Posted by
mimiknoxtaylor
Thank you for posting this. I teach the grandkids on my older machines & they love it but now one of the younger ones wants to sew like the older ones & he's 4. We tried a large machine but he's tiny & not prone to take time to listen & go slow so that didn't work well.
In one of her reviews on the article someone asked about machines for children & she has a great reply with recommendations for smaller machines. The Janome Thunder in a variety of colors looks like just what I'm looking for & bonus: at 5 or 6 pounds I can take it in my suitcase when we travel on a cruise & plane!
Thanks
I have only tried to show one younger person how to sew. My thought on a good machine for a younger person to get them interested is one with a top loader bobbin, just because the front/side loaders can jam and get messy to fix the jam. Top loaders just seem easier to me, at least for a new sewist. But I don't have too much experience with getting younger people interested in sewing. I bought a new mother (daughter of a good friend) a new Kenmore a few years ago, and I seriously doubt that she has ever turned it on. I really thought she would be interested especially with a little girl to sew for. Oh well.