I am enchanted by computerized sewing machines. I’m fairly technical in nature anyway so anything with buttons and screens doesn’t scare me – in fact, I’m rather addicted to them. I did, however, get to see what these newer sewing machines might feel like to someone with much more sewing experience than myself. A very interesting perspective.

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Sewing machine shopping is not nearly as easy as I would have thought.  In fact, today’s little excursion produced several tips I’d like to pass along to those of you also looking for your first, second, or third sewing machine.

These might seem like really basic shopping tips but I really didn’t understand how significantly they applied to sewing machines until I returned home this afternoon.  My day didn’t quite go as planned and I hope this piece of shopping advice will save you some of the same aggravation.

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Singer 7442 Electronic Sewing Machine

A lot of people think otherwise, but Singer Sewing Company is still a US based operation. They have changed hands but are not, as some people have promoted online, owned by a Chinese or Japanese company.

Now, if they were, it wouldn’t necessarily be a bad thing – those countries have quite the reputation for quality. The Singer brand, though, has suffered in the recent past and some have pinned it on the misunderstanding of Singer’s management structure and location.

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