I am a seamstress with 40 years experience. I love this machine, it makes sewing so simple. You have the option of sewing with or without a foot pedal. Unlike many older machines, it actually does the built in stitches with ease and they look beautiful. It manages very thick utility sewing without trouble. This is a very feature loaded and complex machine, but if you read the manual, follow the tutorials on the cd or at Brother.com you will find it does any task really well. The thread supplied Brother's Pacesetter embroidery thread is especially shiny (also available100 Spools Polyester Embroidery Machine Thread). I have had this machine for 2 years, have had no problems, found it intimidating at first, and continue to find more things it can do. Brother also offers many designs that are easy to download, then connect your computer and embroider away. You can also get PE-DesignBrother PED-Basic Software for Downloading Embroidery Designs, which is really great embroidery software. A previous reviewer mentioned that she couldn't get sheer fabric to feed through, if the feed dog switch on the back isn't in the down position (for embroidery), then try an old trick, place a sheet of paper or stabilizer under the fabric, sew, then tear it away. I suspect the needle breakage was from trying to pull the fabric through when it wouldn't feed, the manual also mentions incorrect spool cap as a possible cause. This is a "smart" machine and is programmed to do many things that in the past were only skills experts had.
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Not sure what the complaints are of course it's got a lot of plastic it's a portable. As to strength,well, I make teddy bears out of recycled fur coats. They're a way for people (like me) who would never wear or buy fur to save grandma's treasures. This machine worked well and seams are 4 layers: 2 of pelt/leather and 2 of muslin. And I tend to sew in 6-8 hour shifts (which caused problems for my old machine). I used the same machine to make a silk dress with tulle skirt for a teddy. Again, no problems whatsoever. Haven't used embroidery features yet, but even without, I'm very happy with this machine.
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Many of you say you love this machine I did too until it seized up and I was told that it would cost me over $200 to repair. I was told the gears seized and this repair would not even be covered if it was still under warranty. I purchased the machine one year and two months ago. When I contacted Brother and requested a detail of what is covered and what is not I got the run around and no one could tell me exactly. They just repeated the verbiage in writing. When I ask for a diagram this was something unheard of. I just wanted to see what exactly was covered for 25 years. This request was not granted.
Ladies and gentlemen do yourself a favor send a little more and get a good quality. As they say "if it seems to good to be true it probably is"
Unhappy Brother sewing machine owner.
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I bought this sewing machine after an extensive research and reading what other ppl commented on it. Quite a lot of people love this machine and had fairly good review of it. However, I returned this machine because the foot does not press down the fabric with enough pressure. For example, a jersey is thin and stretchy but this machine would not sew it correctly.
Since I'm a novice, I thought this difficulty coule be me and not the machine. So, I had a professional alteration personelle to use this and examine it for me. After she tried to sew couple different fabrics she said this machine is not worth any money. Most of the parts are made of plastic and it just won't do what it's meant to do. This doesn't have the power to pull in the fabric as you sew if there's a little seam where the foot has to sew through. And I'm not talking about any heavy fabric. A needle broke on the first time I had her try this.
Ultimately, it's up to you to decide if you want to give this a try as there are many others who like this. Or, you can just go get a different brand like me. I've moved onto either purchasing Janome or Viking.
