Sewing, Repairing and Reducing Waste

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Finding a good beginner sewing machine (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago by MSBBritain@lemmy.world to c/sewingrepairing@sh.itjust.works

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Hi everyone!

Not sure if this is the right place but I've been looking to buy a sewing machine recently and haven't really been sure about what to get or what to look out for.

Does anyone have any recommendations? I've used some before, but never owned one. Don't know what a good budget might be but I'm happy to spend a couple hundred if need be? Some googling seems to show that to be reasonable, but I'm not sure if I'm getting ripped off (on either quality or price).

Thanks for any advice!

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[–] dumblederp@aussie.zone 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Make sure you know of a machine service centre before buying a thrift machine. I went through three thrift machines that all failed me before I bought a simple $100 machine new on sale. It's done everything I need, straight and zigzag stitch. I need to go slow through denim or anything heavy, but it's been great.

[–] MSBBritain@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Thanks for the tip on a service center! I'll make sure to look for one while finding thrift shops that might have sowing machines near me!

Thanks!

[–] dumblederp@aussie.zone 2 points 5 days ago

Actually, if you find a service centre, they might have some old machines for sale. Another place to look at least.