{"id":929,"date":"2015-06-18T21:11:55","date_gmt":"2015-06-19T02:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lucyssewinglab.com\/?p=929"},"modified":"2015-06-18T21:11:55","modified_gmt":"2015-06-19T02:11:55","slug":"sewing-machine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lucyssewinglab.com\/?p=929","title":{"rendered":"Choosing a Sewing Machine"},"content":{"rendered":"

Choosing a sewing machine is a very trying experience. Who can you ask that will give you their honest opinion and not just hope for a sell? \u00a0I asked around, different people had different ideas. \u00a0The best advice was to visit Amazon and read the reviews. \u00a0Then, make up my mind from there. \u00a0I was pretty sure I wanted the best bang for my buck! \u00a0What that entailed, I did not know.<\/p>\n

When I first decided to sew again I was so baffled on how to choose a sewing machine. \u00a0The first one I picked, I think I loved because of the wonderful memories of my mom and I sewing on the machine.
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\nSeriously, look at it! It’s so pretty! It’s newfangled and has a computer, that’s pretty cool. But, it looks like the one I remember. My husband even said I could buy it, I was working then. So I could buy it. Then I got cold feet. The machine was $232, what if I hated sewing? \u00a0Could I waste that much money? \u00a0Looking back, I really wish I would have bought that one. \u00a0Maybe one day.<\/p>\n

There are so many choices out there. \u00a0I studied Amazon for days. \u00a0I would settle on one and find one similar but cheaper. \u00a0No way was I ever going to buy one of those old clunky 1970 machines. \u00a0I wanted the brightest and best. \u00a0I knew a little about stitches. \u00a0After all, my machine needed a zig zag, a buttonhole, and a zipper foot. \u00a0Beyond that, everything was gravy.<\/p>\n

The first machine I purchased after beginning sewing again (30 years later) was a Singer Brilliance. It is a wonderful computerized machine. Not bad for $145 compared to the Heritage I really wanted. \u00a0lol \u00a0All the bells and whistles. I loved it. I sewed my little heart out while the memories of how to actually sew returned to my creaky brain. It struggled and I abused it with 1-2inch layers of fabric when I was making 10 blankets for Christmas. I sewed knit on it, sweatshirt material, pretty much everything I could get my hands on I tried sewing.
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The second machine I purchased was the Singer Heavy Duty \u00a0machine. I picked this one for two reasons. I have and old (1970s) PFAFF machine that needs repairs. It was my grandma’s and I really wanted to fix it. It’s so solid, and makes me drool with the craftsmanship. But, more than that machine, I love to sew. Hence, the new machine. Plus, the price was amazing! A heavy duty Singer that stitches 1100 stitches per minute and has 32 stitch choices? \u00a0The biggest deciding factor was the price, at that time this machine, made of metal was $134 and Amazon showed me saving $125! \u00a0What a deal. \u00a0I was in heaven. I wanted more than anything to sew denim. Now way was my Brilliance going to do that, plus my Brilliance was slow.
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These are my experiences, but if you would like an in-depth video on the topic, check this <\/a>one out. \u00a0 There is more to buying a machine than looks and price. \u00a0Educate yourself through the internet and Facebook groups. \u00a0Most of all ENJOY!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Choosing a sewing machine is a very trying experience. Who can you ask that will give you their honest opinion and not just hope for a sell? \u00a0I asked around, different people had different ideas. \u00a0The best advice was to visit Amazon and read the reviews. \u00a0Then, make up my mind from there. \u00a0I was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":944,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,9,64],"tags":[247,248,249,15,71,250],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lucyssewinglab.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/929"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lucyssewinglab.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lucyssewinglab.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lucyssewinglab.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lucyssewinglab.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=929"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lucyssewinglab.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/929\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lucyssewinglab.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lucyssewinglab.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lucyssewinglab.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lucyssewinglab.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}