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Best Picks
- The best sewing machines for beginners
- The best sewing machines under $200
- The best sewing machines under $500
- The sewing machine starter kit, built from what your machine did not include
- Beginner sewing kits: what a bundle gets right, and what it always misses
- The best sewing machine needles for a beginner
- The best sewing machines for quilting beginners
- The best sewing machines for making clothes
Machine Reviews
- Brother CS7000X review: you are buying the presser feet, not the stitches
- Brother XR9550 review: eight buttonhole styles and no walking foot
- Brother XM2701 review: the cheapest machine that still threads its own needle
- Brother LX3817 review: a good mending machine, and no more than that
- SINGER M1500 review: six stitches, not fifty-seven
- SINGER Heavy Duty 4423 review: a denim machine that happens to sew everything else
Compare
- Brother or Singer for a first sewing machine?
- Mechanical or computerized for a first sewing machine?
- Sewing machine vs serger: which do you actually need?
- Brother CS7000X vs XR9550
- A pre-built starter kit, or buying the pieces separately?
- Cheap or mid-range: what does the extra money actually buy?
- Quilting machine or regular sewing machine?
Guides & Fixes
- What it actually costs to start sewing
- What sewing machine should I buy?
- What you actually need to start sewing
- Are cheap sewing machines worth it?
- How to thread a sewing machine
- How to use a sewing machine for the first time
- Four first sewing projects worth making
- How to hem pants
- Sewing knit fabrics without a serger
- Learning to sew your own clothes
- Your first quilt project
- Sewing machine needles explained
- Thread for beginners
- Presser feet explained
- What a walking foot actually does
- Quilting supplies for beginners
- Bobbin thread bunching up underneath
- Sewing machine problems and how to fix them
- Sewing machine maintenance