batcatz Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 Hi is this a good sewing machine? It's had good reviews on revo. I'm a novice and want to make things out of fat quarters to start with. http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.206-0145.aspx My budget is £100ish. Any other suggestions? Thanks, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 Looks ok to me and is lighter weight so easier for lifting but may not be so good for thicker fabric. You may find you get more for your money from SMD machines what about this brother one it can drop feed dogs and has a needle threader http://www.sewingmachines.co.uk/brotherxl5500_info.htm Depends what you want it for really. If you are starting a bit of patchwork with fat quarters I would go for the brother so you can get the quarter inch foot, walking foot etc later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omletina Kyckling Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 it can drop feed dogs That sounds rather cruel AND painful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 So would you if you had fat quarters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batcatz Posted February 20, 2011 Author Share Posted February 20, 2011 Thank you, that looks good and I love all the free stuff that comes with it. I thought the same about drop feed dogs and had to look it up on wiki. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batcatz Posted February 24, 2011 Author Share Posted February 24, 2011 Ordered! I should have it tomorrow. Exciting. Thanks for the recommendation, Plum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 I got more excited over the threads when I bought one from them and free scissors Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
