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I agree with everything you said. I started with a simple Singer machine when I started and now upgraded to the wonderful Barnette B77 and wow, what a different sewing experience it is. But what is great for me might not be the same for you, and you look for other features for your sewing. Always good to pop in and try different machines out. I am sure you find what you are looking for.
Hi! I love your video, but I would like to know if you can resize the entire image like if you make a heart with the name inside can you grab both and make it bigger or smaller? How do you do that? How do you select everything?
More of this please. I am sick of watching and googling machines only to find the cheapest of the cheap. Plenty of sewers want info on the mid and high end machines.
Janome is the most reliable. I just don’t know what model to get. I’ve searched and compared but it’s baffling! I can’t spend more than £400 can anyone advise please? I’m in UK
Full metal bobbin but what about the gears? I assuming plastic gears and there are a lot of refurbished machines on Ebay and some that imply they may be refurbished and they're not cheap and these are newer machines.
These Babylock sewing machines are identical to the Brother Innov-is machines sold in Europe. Presumably, they’re now owned by the same company? My Brother A65 looks identical to this machine except it also has an automatic thread cutter on it too.
The Bernette b05 Academy is the best sewing machine on today's market. What?? Seriously?? Yes! Let's cut to the chase. I wanted an excellent sewing machine to do a good job for me for the rest of my life, so I followed the brand reputation first and bought a JUKI HZL G220. What a horrible plastic piece of Chinese junk! Sluggish, the electronic system lags like on the dead bed, every response to pushing the pedal being considerably delayed. This JUKI HZL H220 actually turned out to be the worst sewing machine I'd ever tried. The quality is terrible, the machine lacks manual foot pressure regulation, and it doesn't even have any socket and pin for the second thread spool to use a twin needle! Moreover, the product stopped working after only three hours of regular use. Plastic, plastic, plastic. So I returned that piece of crap. I expected good sewing machines to be on a more expensive side, so I bought a Janome Skyline S5. Not a good choice, the motor was remarkably weak (50 Watts only), and the feed dogs did not work well enough for the price. So I returned it, too. Then I bought a Bernette B77. Not a bad machine, the feeding works really well and all the necessary functions are available. But the use is really uncomfortable: to apply any basic adjustment (e.g. the upper thread tension), you must struggle through the computer menu on the display, rather than simply adjusting a dedicated dial directly. Everything is computerized, even the pressure foot lift is electronic and lacks the standard mechanical lever, which sucks. So finally I came to the conclusion that these "modern" electronic/computerized machines are not worth my patience at all: they offer hundreds of stitches that no one will ever need, but the basic functions are uncomfortable to reach for. So I returned it. At last, I decided to return to the good old mechanical system and got searching for the best choice among mechanical machines. Having gone thru tens of various offers and read tons of information, I finally decided to take up the Bernette B05 Academy. Bingo! I hit the bull's eye! The machines has EVERYTHING and even more, it's sturdy, super strong, extraordinarily fast, and the control is based on standard of directly adjusting the mechanical dials. The quality of stitches is amazing, and even the price is a piece of cake. So I finally decided to buy two, and I'm really happy.
I agree there's too much plastic junk on the shelves these days. The most horrible overpriced plastic piece of junk I've ever tested is the Juki HZL-G220. This Janome looks alright, I've already ordered it.
A ribbon and sequin foot is much better, It has the channel underneath which does not "squash" the yarn down as you stitch. The yarn you're stitching looks very pressed down and that's because of the flat presser foot.
I've been agonising over which sewing machine to buy for such a long time as there are so many choices to be made but I came across this video and my decision is now made, this had everything that I need and you demonstrated it so well. Excellent video, thank you!
