I bought this to start back/ begin sewing. It is a nice little machine that comes with a wide variety of accessories and stitches. There are arrows and diagrams everywhere on how to load your thread, wind your bobbin, and how to load your bobbin. It takes a lot of the guess work out if you are unwilling to open the manual if you are like me.
I will say do not buy this machine if the fonts are the deciding factor. They are not as nice as an embroidered font and honestly I could live without them because so many of them are not pretty and useless. When I purchased this machine I was having problems with it skipping stitches with the decorative stitches and the fonts. This was a user error that a friend of mine helped me with. I just had to adjust the tension and no more skipped stitches. I've had the machine about a week and have used it for applique and basic sewing and I've been happy with it so far. There are some fun fancy stitches though not all of them are perfect. You can at least make out what they are and it is enough to make me happy.
I have not used the memory function just yet so I cannot speak of the abilities, but the push button start stop, up/down button, and slide speed control are all very useful and make sewing just that much easy. There is also a button that can be used to either do one complete fancy stitch or to complete the last fancy stitch of a row so none of the stitch is missed. I'm not sure what the button is called but it has been a fantastic resource so I do not have to guess when to stop at the end of a cute in depth stitch.
I will update as time goes by but so far I'm happy with my choice.
I do have nitpicky complaints now that I've used it for a bit longer. The reverse stitch button only works if you have come to a complete stop. I find this irritating because it slows me down. My other complaint is that you cannot use the start/stop button while the foot peddle is plugged in. I like to use both for different reasons but I find that I have to stop what I'm doing with the foot peddle and unplug it to use the start/stop button. These are not major issues, but they are irritating.
I will say do not buy this machine if the fonts are the deciding factor. They are not as nice as an embroidered font and honestly I could live without them because so many of them are not pretty and useless. When I purchased this machine I was having problems with it skipping stitches with the decorative stitches and the fonts. This was a user error that a friend of mine helped me with. I just had to adjust the tension and no more skipped stitches. I've had the machine about a week and have used it for applique and basic sewing and I've been happy with it so far. There are some fun fancy stitches though not all of them are perfect. You can at least make out what they are and it is enough to make me happy.
I have not used the memory function just yet so I cannot speak of the abilities, but the push button start stop, up/down button, and slide speed control are all very useful and make sewing just that much easy. There is also a button that can be used to either do one complete fancy stitch or to complete the last fancy stitch of a row so none of the stitch is missed. I'm not sure what the button is called but it has been a fantastic resource so I do not have to guess when to stop at the end of a cute in depth stitch.
I will update as time goes by but so far I'm happy with my choice.
I do have nitpicky complaints now that I've used it for a bit longer. The reverse stitch button only works if you have come to a complete stop. I find this irritating because it slows me down. My other complaint is that you cannot use the start/stop button while the foot peddle is plugged in. I like to use both for different reasons but I find that I have to stop what I'm doing with the foot peddle and unplug it to use the start/stop button. These are not major issues, but they are irritating.
