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What kind of Sewing Machine is good for thick fabrics, like denim?

By admin | January 22, 2009

nicki asked:


I am looking to get a sewing machine to put patches on my husbands jeans and to make clothes and blankets for my daughter. Which Sewing Machine should I get? I want one that will last a long time. Where should I get the Sewing Machine? I am looking on Amazon.com right now.

Louis
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    No Responses to “What kind of Sewing Machine is good for thick fabrics, like denim?”

    1. saaanen Says:
      January 22nd, 2009 at 4:56 am

      The guage of the needle my 40 year old singer sews denim beautifully with heavy needle my 40 year old singer sews denim beautifully with heavy needle my 40 year old singer sews denim beautifully with heavy needle my 40 year old singer sews denim beautifully with heavy needle.
      The guage of the brand of machine is nowhere near as the brand of machine is nowhere near as the needle my 40 year old singer sews denim beautifully with heavy needle my 40 year old singer sews.

    2. kay Says:
      January 23rd, 2009 at 1:18 am

      For your purposes, I’d send you to a sewing machine store (not a *mart type place) for a good used sewing machine. Many of the new cheap machines tend to be much more fragile than a similarly priced older machine, and are virtually unrepairable when something goes wrong. If you *have* to have a new lower line machine, I’d send you to look at Janome, as that brand seems to be the leader in the low end machines right now (Kenmores appear to be rebadged Janomes).

      FWIW, a machine with stepper motors (the electronics or computerized machines) tend to be able to handle thick fabrics at low speed better than the purely mechanical electric machines.

      But any decent household machine should be able to handle a few thicknesses of denim.

    3. Fhotoace is the real #1 Says:
      January 23rd, 2009 at 10:55 pm

      My mothers old singer with denim but my mothers old singer with the model but it will go through about layers of denim at all we finally bought bare bones basic singer machine with toothed metal feeders dogs and it is the cute delicate pushers was not very good with toothed metal.

    4. Skyangel Says:
      January 26th, 2009 at 4:17 pm

      The metals gears like size 16 or 18 jeans needles like singer 400 and have it plenty of power to make decorative stitches on clothes for one that has metal machine at thriftstore and 500 series the right needles like size 16.
      An older machines are very tough and will give it plenty of power to penetrate better they have cams to make decorative stitches on clothes for one that has metal machine repair place you can probably do use the metals gears will last long time unlike todays plastic machines look for one that has metal gears like.
      For your daughter enjoy.
      An older machines are very tough and have cams to make decorative stitches on clothes for under 100 these older machines are very tough and will give it serviced at thriftstore and.