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Tansy_Gold

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3. I have to agree

Reply to northoftheborder (Original post)

Thu Dec 22, 2011, 09:51 AM

Dec 2011

I don't know about the high-end machines, but I have two inexpensive Singer portables, one purchased in 1998, the other bought just a year or so ago. If I could take the best features of each and combine them, and ditch the bad parts, I might have a halfway decent machine.

I'm not sure about the 1998 Singer, but yes, the one I purchased at Costco last December was made in China with mostly plastic parts and probably the world's worst manual.

If I had the money to invest in a higher end machine -- I'm talking anything upwards of say $500 -- I'd take the time to try them out on exactly the kind of sewing I'd be using it for regularly. Machines work differently whether you're piecing a quilt or sewing renaissance faire costumes or making lingerie or upholstering bar stools.

Everyone I know who has a serger loves it -- I've never tried one.

My 2 cents.

TG

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