I taught myself on my G-ma's hand cranked sewing machine. I am a Luddite, and I can use this with ease. My main issue was learning control of the pedal, so I could practice straight line sewing....! If you lose the helpful How To CD, more exist on YouTube. It is so worth the money, and has made sewing things a whole different experience. It can ssew leather, but I use my family Singer for that, as I love the old girl...this is amazing, and I know I have barely scratched the surface of what I can do with it!
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I am an experienced sewer and I find this machine too lightweight for me. It is lovely to look at, sews well without skipping stitches, but cannot handle several layers of fabric. I'm using it to make cloth masks from cotton fabric and it has difficulty going through the multiple layers of cotton when I turn the mask right side out and attempt to top stitch. It does top stitch the layers, but sometimes gets stuck, and sews loudly while it is top stitching. If you are doing little more than quilting. It will serve you well. I have been sewing on a brother machine for 45 years and will be going back to that machine.
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I used to sew but on a whim, gave my machine to a granddaughter who began to sew. I would "borrow" when I needed it but it got to be too much trouble. I caved and bought this machine - I had heard of it (great reports) and I notice on tv programs where sewing machines are used they are Brother machines. It is an "out of the box" hit - easy to set up (I love the extended table), easy to use and easy to read the instructions. The only issue I had was threading the needle - that's a small eye!!! So thank you for giving me back my sewing passion. I've already completed many projects!!
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Great machine...easy to use. the only strange thing is the spool holder for thread....it is really short 1" and thin. Spool of thread wobbles on it and threatens to come off. looks almost "threaded" like a screw but I fond nothing that screwed onto it to make a normal Spool holder. otherwise a great machine
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I bought this as an extra sewing machine, light weight and portable. A good value. I have a high end Baby Lock, so the quality of the brother is much less. I still like the machine easy to use, light weight, smaller and does what I bought it for, simple sewing. I especially like the extension table.
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