top of the line sewing machine brands?
what are the most high end sewing machines, sergers, and embroidary machine, an embroidary machine that lets you design the design on the screen. i am in 8th grade and want to be a fashion designer. i looked at babylock, brother and pfaff. no singer for me, ewe. it seems that since brother is sold in like ever store its kinda cheap, so i dont know about that but i found this demo.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsVEAMjsJ...
is it better to have a sewing machine, seger and embroidary machine or a sewing/embroidary machine and serger? for fashion school? is baby lock the best or is pfaff or is brother. i want a fancy looking machine, all 3 brands are fancy looking to me i love all 3 looks. my b day is coming..
The brands of sewing machine I prefer for stitch quality and engineering are Bernina, Pfaff, Viking, Elna and Juki. I've also heard good things about Toyota, but haven't sewn on one. For sergers I have a strong preference for Juki. I don't do machine embroidery.
Suggested reading for you, probably available at your local public library:
Carol Ahles: Fine Machine Sewing
Read the first few chapters at least on the interactions of fabric, needle and thread, and the last chapters on buying a machine. Good, solid stuff.
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