Originally Posted by
Onebyone
I bought my granddaughter a Hello Kitty Machine made by Janome. It is the same as a Janome Jem. There is a Hello Kitty 1/2 size machine and that is a toy. Easy to tell the difference. Her machine is still sewing great and it's 12 years old. I bought this one:
https://www.janome.com/en/machines/s...6-hello-kitty/
The newer ones are now full size with more features.
I also bought one of these. For the most part it was an easy beginning machine. My only problem was little ones push the foot pedal pretty fast - there is no adjustment for slow/fast.