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Make do and mend!

Advantages: everything you need to start
Disadvantages: tension problems

I have always had sewing machines, from being a young woman I liked to customise my dresses and make my own clothes. As I have got older I have earned the name supermum as I am constantly taking up hem lines, shortening trousers, customising tops and gene ...

dobbysmum 04.09.2012 · Read full review
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Review of Janome J3 - 24 Sewing Machine

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Janome J3-18 sewing machine

Advantages: Simple to use, 18 stitch selection, 4 step auto button hole, easy threading
Disadvantages: None

This is my first machine as I started sewing about 3 months ago. I cannot praise this machine enough - it's an entry model yet incorporates so many features including 18 stitches, 4 step auto buttonhole and really simple threading guide. On first opening ...

Pea79 04.01.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Janome J3 - 18 Sewing Machine

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Terribly Bad Machine

Advantages: see review
Disadvantages: everythign about it

I bought the JML Easy Stitch sewing machine cheap from a second hand shop years ago and we no longer have it as it was so terrible we didn't even sell it on (not like me) we just gave it back to another charity shop, I think. I paid ony £7 for it and tho ...

sorehead 24.08.2011 · Read full review
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Review of JML Easy Stitch

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