Sewing Machine

... 1,600 seamstresses with 400 sewing machines and matched output, making... were a priesthood. They wrote machine code by hand, manually setting...

... want to finish sewing a pair of trousers. My sewing machine keeps hesitating which...

... is going out on my sewing machine. I have been using my ...old mechanical machine that I received for Christmas ..., but I do. The newer machine is actually 26 years old. ...

... - and an old Singer sewing machine having it's needle and bobbin...

... making outfits. I climbed the machine and picked up a material .../DQmRjrK6yz8rNG7v3XLnFucA5yH2n3j4R9ux543xy5nnMfV/15204.jpg) on my sewing machine I finished the outfit and ...

... trying to thread this blasted sewing machine, all the better.

I sew everything at home - from delicate silk to thick denim and leather. My old machine is barely holding up, and I want something that will last for decades. Any advice on a true BIFL sewing machine? Brands, models, or personal experiences from people whose machines run smoothly for years are exactly what I’m looking for. submitted by /u/outage_snow978 to r/BuyItForLife [link] [comments]

A post in some millennial quilting group just made me shake my fist at the sky and roll my eyes all the way to the back of my head. Poster: I have $1500 to spend on a new sewing machine but all the dealers tell me the next step up from my current perfectly functioning sewing machine is $2500. Oh, and all I do is sew straight lines and I’d like a little extra throat space. Chorus of Commenters: get a stupid expensive juki! Now, for all the necessary disclaimers. I have no issue with people spending money on their hobbies. I have no issue with having the tools you want to make the things you want. But sometimes. Sometimes the level of conspicuous consumption in the sewing world, particularly in quilting, really grosses me out. I’ve been sewing most of my life, and started making quilts 25 years ago. But I was never part of the quilting cult that seems to be really focused on spending a lot of money on materials and machines and all the *stuff. I’ve just been quietly making quilts alone in my house, learning from thrift store and library books. And yes, I have a whole lot of fabric and multiple sewing machines and other sewing tools and supplies that I have gathered over a lifetime of sewing both as a hobby and for many years off and on professionally. But I want to shake them and be like, if you are just sewing straight lines, you do not need a f*cking $1500 sewing machine. You don’t even need a $500 machine to do that. Like lady, I’ve been sewing at a really high level and a high volume for something like 40 years and the fanciest and newest sewing machine I have is a 25 year old Bernina Activa 125. And it’s still my “new machine.” I think this all feels especially icky to me because I come from many generations of seamstresses and Appalachian quilters. While I know quilting was/is a thing everywhere, it feels a little more personal in some way that I can’t explain. The whole point of patchwork quilting was to avoid waste: to use and reuse every single tiny scrap because all bits of fabric were precious. And then to make something beautiful, functional, and life sustaining from trash is transcendent. My people have been making quilts (and everything else) on simple, workhorse sewing machines, and before that by hand, because that’s what they had. I don’t have any beefs with sewing quilts on machines or quilting by machine. But if all you are doing is sewing straight lines, and you don’t need an industrial machine, spending that kind of money on a sewing machine is just about straight up consumption and status. Which to me, is antithetical to the tradition and spirit of quilting and I am 100% judging you. Also, my side quest rant: I saw some quilting-related ad that was like, ohhh, isn’t it cool that you can make quilts from scraps? Yes, mother-f*ckers. That is exactly what people have been making quilts out of for the thousands of years that humans have been making quilts. It’s only in the last several decades that we’ve been like, let’s take a big piece of fabric, cut it into a bunch of little pieces of fabric, then sew them together into another big piece of fabric. And yes, I have done that plenty and I will do it again, but don’t act like it’s the norm. I’m just so sick of everything being turned into an opportunity (that is often presented as a command) for wasteful and mindless consumption. Thank you all for attending to this matter. submitted by /u/Excellent-Witness187 to r/BitchEatingCrafters [link] [comments]

I recently discovered fpp design and it's so fun to get to make whatever comes to my mind! submitted by /u/broccoly to r/quilting [link] [comments]

UPDATE: We went tonight to a local shop and she got a Brother PS300T for $250! A great machine and a great price. The shop owner also gave her all kinds tutorials on it. He let her video him winding the bobbin, threading it, and using the needle thread assist feature. So much better than at a big box store! This is for a friend. I don’t know what to recommend within that budget. Janome? Singer? Husqvarna? submitted by /u/Is_this_social_media to r/sewing [link] [comments]

Hey! I'm new to sewing and want to get a machine What's a good, easy-to-use sewing machine for beginners? Any recommendations? submitted by /u/MeriticulousOne to r/SewingMachineEdu [link] [comments]

10/10 with rice, would recommend, I fucking love my sewing machine. submitted by /u/adeadhead to r/evilautism [link] [comments]