Which Sewing Machine is best?

I thought I would introduce you to Kit, although he is lovely and naughty, (well he is a kitten) I am not blogging about him. My friend has a condition called dyspraxia which affects the physical co-ordination and we were discussing sewing machines, she said that if she had bought a larger sewing machine, the bottom picture of a Jenome 4400 when we were first in lockdown she didn’t think she would be able to cope with the motor and pedal being so fast, for her the smaller sewing machine was ideal as it built up her confidence.

It got me thinking about my friends condition, (when I was working as a learning disability support worker, I had a client who had the same condition, she was working within social services at the time and I was employed to help her with her admin work) and I thought my friend was absolutely correct in purchasing the smaller sewing machine. When I was working at John Lewis in Haberdashery, (I loved that job) we always advised our customers to buy the sewing machines that were selling in the £100 mark, (that’s over ten years ago, the machines would be about £150 now) especially if they wanted to sew cottons and progress to heavier weight cottons and denims and then they really needed to invest into a higher price sewing machine to support them on their sewing journey.

For all my clients and new clients who I am looking forward to serve and who I have supported who have learning disabilities if you want to purchase a sewing machine, maybe go for one that is like a toy, in the top picture to build your confidence before investing into a higher price model, if you do buy a higher price model, go very slowly and contact me at info@samines.com so we can discuss how best I can support you.

Let’s get back to Kit, he does love the sewing machine and he is not encouraged to walk on top of the sewing machine, but he is a boy kitten who seems to have a lot of energy and I asked my friend if she happened to see Kit on top of the machine, please could she send me a picture as I wanted to blog about the sewing machine.