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Best overlocker?
Please help. I know absolutely nothing about overlockers (or sewing for that matter) but I would like to buy one for my mother. Which is a good make, lots of extras etc.
Any help will be greatly appreciated. Sascha |
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Best overlocker?
You would do well to read this
www.cet.com/~pennys/faq/smfaq.htm -- Ron Anderson A1 Sewing Machine PO Box 60, Sand Lake, NY 12153 518-469-5133 http://www.singera1sewing.com http://www.a1sewingmachine.com "Sascha Keates" wrote in message ... Please help. I know absolutely nothing about overlockers (or sewing for that matter) but I would like to buy one for my mother. Which is a good make, lots of extras etc. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Sascha -- Sascha Keates |
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Best overlocker?
I suggest you go to each sewing machines web site and look at the different
sergers(overlockers) to see what is available. Then make a date for a luncheon, an afternoon out, etc and take your Mom to a few shops and allow her to try out the machines in your price range, which can vary greatly, depending on different features. Personally, I have a Pfaff 4872, 5 threads and cover stitch, that is about 6 years old, which I enjoy using. Other people who I know have others and enjoy theirs as much as I do mine. Sewing machines, including sergers, are very personal, like the automobile, so your Mom ultimately needs to choose the one she likes and feels comfortable using. www.janome.com ; www.babylock.com ; www.pfaff-usa.com ; www.singerco.com ; www.bernina.com These are some of the web sites, which I believe are all correct. Emily .. |
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Best overlocker?
I second Emily
www.husqvarnaviking.com Tatiana "CypSew" wrote in message ... I suggest you go to each sewing machines web site and look at the different sergers(overlockers) to see what is available. Then make a date for a luncheon, an afternoon out, etc and take your Mom to a few shops and allow her to try out the machines in your price range, which can vary greatly, depending on different features. Personally, I have a Pfaff 4872, 5 threads and cover stitch, that is about 6 years old, which I enjoy using. Other people who I know have others and enjoy theirs as much as I do mine. Sewing machines, including sergers, are very personal, like the automobile, so your Mom ultimately needs to choose the one she likes and feels comfortable using. www.janome.com ; www.babylock.com ; www.pfaff-usa.com ; www.singerco.com ; www.bernina.com These are some of the web sites, which I believe are all correct. Emily . |
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"Tatiana" wrote in message ... I second Emily www.husqvarnaviking.com Tatiana I agree with Emily also, you really need to test drive those that interest you. One more hint.......take your own fabric to test sew. Take pieces of whatever you will be sewing on, have sewed on or think you will sew on the most. Val |
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Best overlocker?
Val wrote:
"Tatiana" wrote in message ... I second Emily www.husqvarnaviking.com Tatiana I agree with Emily also, you really need to test drive those that interest you. One more hint.......take your own fabric to test sew. Take pieces of whatever you will be sewing on, have sewed on or think you will sew on the most. Val This isn't bad to read in this case, either. http://www.taunton.com/threads/pages/t00162.asp -- Joanne stitches @ singerlady.reno.nv.us.earth.milky-way.com http://members.tripod.com/~bernardschopen/ |
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Sascha Keates wrote:
Please help. I know absolutely nothing about overlockers (or sewing for that matter) but I would like to buy one for my mother. Which is a good make, lots of extras etc. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Sascha The best one for her is the one SHE is happy with, so let her do the trying and choosing. And do look at the sewing machine faq Ron pointed you at - it's the biz! -- Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons http://www.katedicey.co.uk Click on Kate's Pages and explore! |
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"Sascha Keates" wrote in message ... Please help. I know absolutely nothing about overlockers (or sewing for that matter) but I would like to buy one for my mother. NEVER ever buy a sewing machine or serger for someone else withOUT their input! You should take your mother shopping to her favorite sewing machine store and let her choose the overlocker. The choice may actually be determined by which store has a better service department. Which is a good make, lots of extras etc. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Sascha Actually, the best thing you can do is to learn how to sew, and share that passion with your mother. -- Sascha Keates |
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