light weight cheap sewing machine
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Location: Central Wisconsin
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I have a Featherweight, and you can't beat it for quietness and good straight sewing. Perfect for taking to class. It is not really a light weight, but lighter than any other machine of that age. It's made of metal, so lasts . . . forever? And it's soooo cute.
#14
My great 11 year old has a Brother JX2517 and it is pretty quiet and sew good I have used it myself. She got it from Walmarts for less than 80.00
#18
I've had the Brother cs6000i for three years and love it. I sew on it several days a week as it's close to the computer where I can watch videos while sewing--piecing, really. At the last quilt retreat I sat by a person with the small blue Kenmore and I'd say both machines were about the same noise level. The Brother has a lot more features than either the Kenmore or the Janome Gem.
The thing I don't like about the Kenmore or Gem is they have very few stitch sizes and I couldn't find one I liked for piecing. The small stitch was impossible to pick out and the next size too large.
The thing I don't like about the Kenmore or Gem is they have very few stitch sizes and I couldn't find one I liked for piecing. The small stitch was impossible to pick out and the next size too large.
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Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Arkansas
Posts: 559
Brother machines are reputed to be user friendly. I have an es2000 and love it. Not so good for quilting a large quilt but then I am a hand quilter on big quilts and machine quilt charity lap size quilts on machine.
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