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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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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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>>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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>>171
get an extra set of needles and bobins and a plastic storage case also do not forget to watch the dvd that is include!
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No.196
any update on your epic victory? :unsure:
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>>171
update?
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>>65
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I just got back from the store. They had a model on display I could mess with and it seemed good. Here's a picture of the one I got.
hopefully i won't get doxxed =D

I don't have a pattern for the dress, so I need to make one from scratch. Will probably sew a 1/6 scale version in polycotton before moving on to the actual fabric I want to use.

If this thread doesn't get pruned I'll post updates here whenever. Board seems slow enough C=.
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>>200
always trust in big brother :iyahoo:
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No.211
>>200
big brother :love:
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No.213
>>200
what a fun journey :biggrin:
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No.254
>>65
Singer makes good foot attachments
>>200
Make sure to post results!
>polycotton
use muslin or old bedsheets for testing.
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No.326
(;ﾟДﾟ) update?
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I'm back! Sorry for the long delay; I was busy with some other stuff =D.

Here's an initial 1/6 scale version of the dress design. I haven't setup the machine yet, since I thought for this one the fabric pieces might be too small for the machine and decided to hand sew it.

My findings and notes:

-I'm not sure what's going on with the sleeves. Near where they join to the torso, some bunching of the fabric occurs. Could be because of the angle? The sleeves meet the torso at 90 degrees, like a capital T.
-The central lace section seems to be good. The piece of fabric in the front needs to be longer than the one making up the back.
-Tried to design it in such a way where no stitches are visible externally. Made a special folded seam that encloses the raw edges of sleeves.
-Need to rework finishing raw edges of neckline and waistline. Special seam used in sleeves do not appear to work in these areas (tends to fold outward).
-Lower skirt has similar problem. Other than edge, seems functional. Fabric piece consists of semicircles, but actual sewing points form a 135 degree arc (creating 3/4 circle skirt instead of a full circle)
-Fabric drape lower than expected
-Need to line inside with softer fabric
-Unsure of whether to combine the two parts into a single dress, or leave as blouse+skirt combination.
-I have no idea how a sleeveless top stays up without elastics.


I'll probably do an updated design to fix these. Will try to set up the machine and see how it performs.

Any ideas on how to fix the problems listed in the notes /j/ =3?
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No.436
>>434
:love: a doll dress? Wow!!
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No.449
old metal sewing machines are better than new plastic sewing machines. you can find them at thrift shops really easily!
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No.450
>>449
They weigh as much as a truck, though. :dark:
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>>450
so? if you're holding it while sewing you're using it wrong!
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I'm back! Finally set up the machine and tried it out. Seems to be working well so far.

My thoughts:

-It was easy to set up the machine using the booklet instructions and a video tutorial on youtube
-It has a workpiece light when you turn it on
-You control it by pressing on a pedal. I use my right hand.
-The "piercing power" of the machine is linked to the sewing speed: You can only get high power and high speed together by pressing hard on the pedal. I don't really like this since the max speed feels too fast for me, and pressing lightly doesn't give enough power to go through 4 layers of polycotton.
-You can manually turn the wheel to sew at your own pace! I use this for the upper half of the dress in the image (it's 10 cm / 4 in in length). It's also good when trying to carefully sew through 8 layers of fabric, and probably good for the needle too. It's slightly less boring than hand sewing and the stitches are more consistent.
-The smallest width the presser foot appears to work with is around 5 mm / 0.25 in. I still need to hand sew if the fabric pieces are narrower than that.
-I've only used the straight stitch setting so far.



I've completed the blouse part of the dress, and starting on the skirt part soon. Still have no idea what's going on with the sleeves, but looks good so far. =)

Does anyone have ideas on how to finish raw seam edges? I was thinking of using double folded bias strips. =3


I didn't think /j/ threads would get marked as old, wow! A historic board moment! =D
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