I have 5 machines, some from the 80's and 3 from the last couple of years. It seems to me that the new machines are all quieter. 2 brother and a singer. I think it would be hard to find a noisy new machine nowadays. If you're really concerned, go to dealers and test drive some machines.

The quietest (is that a word?) I ever sewed on Old or new... Was a Singer 500a. A friend of mine had it and I cleaned it for her . I told her I was going to steal it. None of my machines purred like hers or sewed as smooth, And she rarely used it. :)

My most favorite and quietest (yes, that is a word) machine is my Elna, a 1986 50 year-special edition. But I do love the FWs, and a 201 (it really does go "tickety tickety toooooo" when I am sewing on it, no matter how fast or how long a seam), and an old Dressmaker that my son brought over for me to clean up a few days ago. I can't believe how quiet it is; but HEAVYYYYY. Old lady me, I cannot even pick it up. And the Rocketeer that a friend gave me not too long ago--I finally got it sewing, and it is very quiet.

The treadle is my quietest followed by my feather weight and then the Bernina

Our church quilting group has found that if we buy the carpet samples to put under our machines it makes for a quieter room when everyone is sewing. Of course it doesn't quiet down the talking, but the machines seem quieter. Haha!

you can put your machine on the rubbermaid shelf liner and it will be much quieter.

My Pfaff 1222E,Berninas 930 and 1031,Singer 221 Featherweight. The older machines are much quieter. Also a treadle is very quiet, there are 4 that I use.
Sharon W.

My two noisiest is my two commercial machines. The Mitsubishi needle feed is not as noisy as my Juki 127. It sounds like a jet engine when I turn it on. The motor is very loud. My old New home is guess is my next noisy one. It's be a while since I've gotten to use it, it has a broken spring in the top tension and I can't find one. My Janome HT2008 is the next quietest. But the quietest of all is my Singer 15-89 treadle. I had to use it while my Janome was in the shop. My Singer Quantam Lock 5 is pretty quit.

OH decky this is so funny

The older machines might be louder but they sure will out last any machine made today.

I have always found my New Home/Janome machines to be the quiet machines. When I took them to classes there was a marked difference with the other machines. I have a Bernina and several old Singers that have the metal gears/cogs and find that they make more noise when they need oiling.

I have a Singer Futura 150 which is an embroidery/sewing machine and a Juki F400. I like the Singer but I absolutely love my Juki. It truly feels like it's sewing threw butter and it is so quiet even at high speed. I got them both at different times from HSN and the 4 or 5 easy payments made it possible for me to get a better machine than I would normally be able to afford any other way. I also got a Singer 5 thread serger because I make a lot of purses and bags. I will be starting my first quilt for a new baby great nephew using my Juki. It is a quilt/sewing machine. Best thing is to go to a sewing or quilting center and try out the ones you may like. Hope all this helps. Good Luck.

I'm a flight attendant and I travel with a Brother quilting machine I bought from walmart. It's not only light weight..ten lbs ..but very quiet..I sew in my hotel room sometimes till four am

I have a Brother HS-2000 and it is very quiet until it starts needing a cleanout. I had another Brother that was much louder. I use the HS-2000 primarily because I could use it at 2 in the morning when my light sleeping DH was sleeping just 15 ft away in our motorhome. Of course I don't believe in sewing at full throttle because it's too hard on the parts in the sewing machine & I want to have this one for a very long time. I usually go about mid-speed and that's fast enough for me.

My SIL was visiting for a week. She used my 301A and I used my New Home 372L. I could hardly hear the 301A when she was using it and she said my New Home was loud, but I find it very quiet. At any rate both are quieter than the new machines used by my fellow guild members, they always sound like they are ready for "blast off".

I do have two machines, and yes, one is quieter than the other. One is faster than the other too - depends on what I'm doing, the choice of the machine for that project. I do have my favorite, but it's the noisier of the two...lol

My Elnasuper (2 tone blue) is my very quilt. Have to love the old Elnas.

I "legally" have 4 machines, the Kenmore Computerized model (Janome wannabe?) is the best for a steady hum. Table base makes a difference! My Husky-Viking Sapphire 835 surprised me with the amount of noise it makes, but I can still listen to my "sewing" music over it. The "craft" machine (belongs to my daughter) makes a large amount of noise, but there is no speed control and it's being reserved for scrapbooking tasks! The 1940's Singer (not a lightweight) made a moderate amount of noise, but the motor is out, so it's very quiet right now! I used to have a Brother and a White model, both fairly large amount of mechanical part noise, especially when I used the cam-embroidery feature! Still wish I'd nabbed my Great-Grandmother's Singer, it was originally a treadle, then GGF retro-fit a motor on it and she sewed everything on that baby! No memory of amount of sound, I just remember all the LOVE involved!

LOL, I love it!!

Some of the noise depends on what the machine is sitting on. A machine on a card table will sound different than one in a cabinet or on a table. (sounding boards)

Thanks for all the advice, everyone. I didn't think about putting it on carpet scraps. I do have some of those I could give my friend.

Pat, you should have your own comedy show!!

I have several machines but my quiet one is my Singer 501. She purrs.

I agree that the table you sew on can make a difference. When I take mine away from home both are noisy. I think the Viking with the walking foot gets noisy where my Pfaff walking foot which is built in is quieter.

I love the sound of busy machine.
I have a machine that knocks
one that shimmies and shakes
and one that walks across the table

I love them all!

No I don't think there is such a thing as a quiet machine but puttiang rubber kithcen cabinet lines do help with the other rumbling noises.

I don't think she personally minds at all, but the people in the apartment upstairs did.

My Expression 4.0 i also very noisy. I had a 2056 that I traded in on the 4.0 and it was a very, very quiet running machine.

Patsy

I have a Janome Horizon 7700 and a Bernina 153QE - the Janome is sooo much quieter~

My Janome Horizon 7700 is pretty quiet (except when I use the accufeed) but the Jamone 3160 QC is quieter.

I use my 401A more often because it is quieter than my Viking. I fortunately found a very large "mouse pad" years ago and I place my machines on that and it is much quieter to sew on them that way.

My hubby bought this one for himself 2 years ago. It is the quietest we have!!

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