Is there one sewing machine for everthing you want?
03-20-2015, 06:03 AM
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For straight piecing, I still prefer a Singer Featherweight. However, I own a Bernina 440 QE for piecing / quilting, and I have another Bernina (forget which model) which is a sewing/embroidery combo. I like having two machines, that way, I can embroider something and still be piecing, and I can leave the embroidery machine set up rather than having to change from sewing to embroidery and back. I don't think I've ever seen a machine that will do everything I want as well as these three machines do them individually.
03-20-2015, 09:14 AM
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I used to do everything on my brother combo SE400. But I eventually got a separate brother PC420PRW machine for sewing/quilting. I got tired of switching thread, needles, etc. Neither one are fancy/expensive models but they do what I need and I am very pleased with both. Why both brother? I have just had really, really good luck out of all the brother machines I've owned. The only thing the embroidery machine has that the sewing doesn't that I really wish it had was the feature that tells me when my bobbin thread is low. That is a REALLY handy feature!
03-21-2015, 07:16 AM
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Separate machines for all the reasons listed above...especially that embroidery takes TIME and you are locked out of working on anything else. I also have a swivel, rolling chair to switch between machines..
03-21-2015, 07:26 AM
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Originally Posted by auntnana
I used to do everything on my brother combo SE400. But I eventually got a separate brother PC420PRW machine for sewing/quilting. I got tired of switching thread, needles, etc. Neither one are fancy/expensive models but they do what I need and I am very pleased with both. Why both brother? I have just had really, really good luck out of all the brother machines I've owned. The only thing the embroidery machine has that the sewing doesn't that I really wish it had was the feature that tells me when my bobbin thread is low. That is a REALLY handy feature!
03-21-2015, 07:26 AM
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My 401 does embroidery. Just have to stay with it. Well I do. Love me 401.
Originally Posted by Rodney
I like the old stuff. I'd recommend a Singer 401A as a great all around machine. It doesn't do embroidery though. It doesn't matter to me, I do mine by hand when it comes up.
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03-21-2015, 07:39 AM
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Baby Lock and Brother have an equivalent model that does it all (piecing, embroidery, quilting) but you pay dearly for it.
I thought I wanted an embroidery unit once but decided against it. When the embroidery module is doing its thing, I would need a different machine to piece or quilt. There is no room for all that hardware.
I thought I wanted an embroidery unit once but decided against it. When the embroidery module is doing its thing, I would need a different machine to piece or quilt. There is no room for all that hardware.
03-21-2015, 08:27 AM
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like so many others my 401A is my favorite most used machine. I do embroidery on mine but as tessagin says you do have to stay with it. My DH gave me the Brother embroidery machine Christmas before last and I love it. I don't do much machine embroidery so it is just right for me.
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