23 of 23 people found the following review helpful
Portable Mini Sewing Machine review from another site,
September 14, 2011 This review is from: Portable Mini 2-speed Sewing Machine (Electronics)
Found this somewhere else and it helped me. I hope it helps you.
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Okay, I am a true beginner and I just needed to fix something small, so I bought one of these from CVS for this one project. It took me a VERY long time to get working once I removed the thread that came in it and tried to put my own in. No matter how many videos I watched online, I couldn't figure it out because the bobbin container is simply different than most.
The top thread is easy to put in, just follow the diagram. Once you get it through the needle, pull the string down through the center of the foot, and around to the right until the thread is pointing away from you.
The bobbin in the hard part.
-You will want the bobbin to spin counter-clockwise, or it will not work.
-The needle needs to start in the up position.
-Instead of simply setting the bobbin in the hole, first pull out about 10 inches of string.
-Around inches 7 or 8, you need to...Read more
16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Mini Sewing Machine,
July 7, 2011 Shelia M. Smart (SHELBY, NC, US) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Portable Mini 2-speed Sewing Machine (Electronics)
It really does sew just like a larger machine. It is just not as cumbersome to take out of storage. I am very impressed. Love it and use it often.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Does not work on many cloth types,
August 22, 2011 Privacy Please - See all my reviews
This review is from: Portable Mini 2-speed Sewing Machine (Electronics)
This machine is not very well built, and does not work on many different types of cloth. It barely works on the cloth sample that comes with the machine. The reason it does not work is that apparently the hook in the bottom does not catch the thread from the needle. So you poke a lot of holes but do not make any stitches, or only a few here and there.
It also says it has 2 speeds, but that only means it sews faster or slower; it doesn't have any way to vary the size of the stitches, nor to go backwards to finish off your sewing.
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