Sewing, Repairing and Reducing Waste

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Finding a good beginner sewing machine (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago by MSBBritain@lemmy.world to c/sewingrepairing@sh.itjust.works

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Hi everyone!

Not sure if this is the right place but I've been looking to buy a sewing machine recently and haven't really been sure about what to get or what to look out for.

Does anyone have any recommendations? I've used some before, but never owned one. Don't know what a good budget might be but I'm happy to spend a couple hundred if need be? Some googling seems to show that to be reasonable, but I'm not sure if I'm getting ripped off (on either quality or price).

Thanks for any advice!

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[–] MSBBritain@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Perfect, thanks a lot!

From this and the other responses it seem like old beats new is a good rule of thumb on this.

I'll check some thrift shops or similar places, and if I can't find anything I'll look into getting a Heavy Duty!

Thanks a lot for the help!