Comments on: I need a professional sewing machine — which model is best? http://sewingmachinestitch.com/2008/12/06/i-need-a-professional-sewing-machine-which-model-is-best/ Find, compare, review and buy the best sewing machines in the world including Singer, Brother, Bernina, Viking and Pfaff. Fri, 28 Oct 2011 16:12:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: kay http://sewingmachinestitch.com/2008/12/06/i-need-a-professional-sewing-machine-which-model-is-best/comment-page-1/#comment-278 kay Sat, 13 Dec 2008 21:52:50 +0000 http://sewingmachinestitch.com/2008/12/06/i-need-a-professional-sewing-machine-which-model-is-best/#comment-278 The one that suits you and the way you sew. Berninas, for instance, are excellent machines. But they've got two strikes against them, imo... they're pricey for what you get, and the controls make me feel like I've just traded my fingers for toes. As I said... great machines, but not for me. I, on the other hand, have never met a Viking that I didn't feel instantly comfortable with. We just seem to have a rapport. And I get along with Pfaffs, though I don't find any real use for the dual feed foot for my sewing. Elnas are good machines, too... but they're another that just aren't for me. Janome makes some nice machines, good value for the money, but again, not my machine. Juki and Toyota also make good machines, but they tend to be pretty industrial/commercial for most who sew at home. But if you like to feel the wind in your hair when sewing, they've got the speed. I've sewn on Singers, I can fix the old black Singers, and I sewed on a 301 for many years, but we were never friends... Singer's reputation seems to have improved in the last few years from a 30 year or so dry spell, but they'd have to do some more persuading. Go, try, play! And take your own fabrics and thread! When you get it down to a few models, take your shortlist over to and check them out in their user reviews. You'll have to join to see older reviews, but it's free, and I've never gotten spam from the address I used. The one that suits you and the way you sew. Berninas, for instance, are excellent machines. But they’ve got two strikes against them, imo… they’re pricey for what you get, and the controls make me feel like I’ve just traded my fingers for toes.
As I said… great machines, but not for me.

I, on the other hand, have never met a Viking that I didn’t feel instantly comfortable with. We just seem to have a rapport. And I get along with Pfaffs, though I don’t find any real use for the dual feed foot for my sewing. Elnas are good machines, too… but they’re another that just aren’t for me. Janome makes some nice machines, good value for the money, but again, not my machine. Juki and Toyota also make good machines, but they tend to be pretty industrial/commercial for most who sew at home. But if you like to feel the wind in your hair when sewing, they’ve got the speed.

I’ve sewn on Singers, I can fix the old black Singers, and I sewed on a 301 for many years, but we were never friends…
Singer’s reputation seems to have improved in the last few years from a 30 year or so dry spell, but they’d have to do some more persuading.

Go, try, play! And take your own fabrics and thread! When you get it down to a few models, take your shortlist over to and check them out in their user reviews. You’ll have to join to see older reviews, but it’s free, and I’ve never gotten spam from the address I used.

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