Sewing machine advice / reviews needed!

Enterprise_1701C

Don't worry if you have a light-weight machine, either put it on a table that's big enough to hold all the fabric or strap it down on a smaller table! (Have done this and it works!)

nuttywoman

sharon59 wrote: »

its all your fault-lm trying hard NOT to order one of the toyota quilt 50's-only looked out of curiosity now cant live without one!!!!!!!

I have this machine, its brilliant and i love it :j

happy2bhere

sharon59 wrote: »

its all your fault-lm trying hard NOT to order one of the toyota quilt 50's-only looked out of curiosity now cant live without one!!!!!!!

I'm just the same...a total advertisers dream! Guess you need to ask yourself, do you need any (more) quilts in your life!

maria340

happy2bhere wrote: »

Can't wait for it to arrive...so many projects to start & hopefully finish! Can anyone reccomend websites that have step-by-step guides? I generally wing it when making things in the past, but fancy doing this properly now!

Hi, happy2bhere
You sound just like me. I've just got my machine out after a few years gap. I am now making myself learn how to sew 'properly'. One site I have found to be very helpful is http://sewing.patternreview.com/ and today I discovered http://www.thesewingforum.co.uk/index.php. I generally wing it too, take short cuts and avoid really difficult things. My aim is to make a fitted shirt with collars and cuffs etc. I've been making my daughter jammies with collars and surprised myself with how good they are (need more practise on sleeves though.:think:
I'm serously thinking about buying a new machine as mine is very tempremental (Toyota EC-1) which stops me getting it out more often. Spent 2 hours yesterday trying to get the tension right and just when I got it ok the bobbin kept jamming up :mad:. I would have thrown it across the room except it's to heavy!.
Should have got a new one years ago when I think of the blood, sweat and tears I have shed over this one. I just didn't realise you could get them so cheaply now.

Only problem is there are just so many of them to choose from.
I would love to hear how you get on with yours, I think I might go for another toyota just because I'm familiar with them and I need to narrow down the choice a bit.

saintscouple

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fatou256

hi happy2behere i have a brother machine also from argos similar to yours and they are great especailly if u know little about them !
ti is 2 yuears i have got it and i have no problem whatsoever it is a really good buy and u can do a lot of project with it too ! go for it lol

In_Search_Of_Me

Just a word of caution re coopers...I ordered a machine on sun and was promised mon or tues delivery, it arrived today and was the wrong model. What they did was to put the details of the more expensive model on the description of mine and then I was given a choice - pay more or get a refund. While I did negociate the price the manner of staff was less than sympathetic or apologetic (& I was really upset as had been so happy with my bargain and felt it marred the whole thing) plus I have since heard that their promise to collect and service machines free is untrue as they charge quite a bit. would be interested to know others experience of them in the long run - ie have people tried to have their machines serviced? Just wanted to send a note of caution...do now feel that they come under the "if its too good to be true it probably is" category...Plus they are also using someone quoting MSE in their compliments page....umm at this stage certainly couldnt recc them...