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No.65
A new board? I just heard about it from the Furina thread on /b/!

Does anyone know a good model of sewing machine? I want to make a dress like in the attached pic, but hand sewing is so incredibly boring!!!

Based on what I looked up, Singer is garbage, Brother is ok, and Janome and Juki are very good but expensive. I'm looking for something as a starter-intermediate who'll probably do a sewing project once every few months. My budget is somewhere in the 200-300 USD range, and I don't think I can rely on second-hand sewing machines (even though a lot of forum posts say to do so).

Any ideas, /j/?
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No.66
What are you sewing? :3
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No.67
>>66
>I want to make a dress like in the attached pic
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No.68
The only sewing machine I touched was liek 60 years old and it looked hard to use, dunno if sewing got easier since :unsure:
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No.69
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i have a brother cp100x model its easy and not very hard to learn and it will get the job done guarantee. i used to own cheaper brother models that also work well like the bm3700 but realistically its based on your skill of sewing. :wink:
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No.70
i have a brother one, but sewing machines are scary so i normally just sew by hand
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>>69
I've been told that computerized sewing machines are good when they work, but a pain if something goes wrong. They're also much more expensive and I don't think I want to invest that much.

I looked up the BM3700. Looks like a slightly upgraded model to the XM2701. How did it perform? Did it work with knits and rayons? Does it skip stitches often? What did you make?

>>70
I also think they're a bit scary, especially when they start sounding like a jackhammer! But trying to hand sew is so boring and mentally taxing, it's demotivating.
I tried making a May costume by hand sewing, but I lost interest halfway through the coat becausr of how tedious it felt. My stitches also started getting sloppy.

How does the machine you have perform so far? Do you know which model? If it's too scary, you can try turning the wheel without power and spin it to make a stitch. It'll probably take at least 10 minutes though.
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No.74
I only have a high opinion of Brother bcuz its a japanese brand. (´ー`)

brother is popular enough that you can find never ending amounts of tutorials using your specific machine.┐(ﾟ～ﾟ)┌ thats an upside
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No.101
>>72
>What did you make?
simple tasks like repairs, adding patches and hemming my clothes i wanted to do much more but i do not have the time. you probably will be better off with the bm3700 model.
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>>65
UPDATE: I have selected out the GS2700 for now. They don't sell the BM3700 where I live, and this seems similar to the XM2701 and is within my budget.

I'm heading to a dedicated sewing machine store to test it out. Anything I need to know?
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No.175
post dress pics when you're done :biggrin:
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