Juki Sewing Machines: Home Models and Dealer Line
Juki arrives in most home sewing conversations sideways. Someone asks which serger to buy, three people say Juki, and then …
Janome Sewing Machines: What the Dealer Adds
Janome is the brand people move to. Very few sewers start there, because the machines are not stacked next to …
Walking Foot Sewing Machine: Built In or Bolted On
Search for a walking foot sewing machine and you get two very different answers on the same page. Some results …
What to Buy With Your First Sewing Machine
The machine arrives with a small box of accessories: a few bobbins, a pack of needles, a seam ripper, a …
Janome HD3000 Review: The Metal Frame Argument
Ask in any sewing group which machine to buy for thick fabric and two answers come back. One camp names …
Sewing Thick Fabric: What Your Machine Needs
The machine has been fine all year. Then you put four layers of coat wool, or a folded canvas hem, …
Sewing Machine Stitches Explained: Which You Use
Machines get sold on stitch counts. Six, twenty seven, seventy, six hundred. The number is printed larger than anything else …
Janome 2212 Review: Mechanical, Metal, Minimal
Twelve stitches, a dial, a four step buttonhole and nothing on the front that lights up. On a shelf next …
Sewing Machine for Vinyl: Teflon Foot or Nothing
Vinyl looks like an easy fabric. It does not fray, it cuts clean, and it comes off the bolt flat. …
Sewing Machine Parts Explained in Plain Language
Sewing advice assumes vocabulary. Drop the feed dogs, check the take up lever, is it a low shank, did you …
Brother XM2701 or CS7000X: Mechanical or Computerized
These two machines sit at either end of the same decision. One is the cheapest sensible Brother, a dial machine …
Sewing Machine for Upholstery: Feed and Pressure
Upholstery sewing is not one skill. Recovering a dining chair seat is mostly stapling. Making a box cushion with welted …