Shark 60-Stitch Sewing Machine - 384

I have been teaching sewing and quilting for years and this little machine very favorably impressed me! I will recommend it to students who need something basic...for hems and patching, as well as when the mood strikes to make a garment or quilt--even do an apholstery job. It sews a well ballanced stitch on both straight and zig-zag. The 2-step buttonhole looks pro. Superior to my $2,000 Pfaff in needle threader & thread cutter, and bobbin wind CAN be done while you sew. (of course the Pfaff is superior in other ways!) Re: thickness--sewed great if it started out on the 12 layers of cotton fabric and worked its way down to 2 layers. If starting on 2 and working its way up to 12, I could tell it was laboring some. If I were doing this as in an apholstering job, I'd do the small to thick increase, and then continue the seam after stopping so it gets a good flat surface on that thick part as it starts again. Due to the feed dog being able to drop, this little guy will be my quilter from...Read more

I really wanted this machine to be a great basic sewing machine. Unfortunately it is being returned. The instructions are horrible and the illustrations are both blurry and confusing. I can only get the bobbin to work 1 out of 10 tries so after reading the instruction manual repeatedly, I am returning it.

I guess you get what you pay for! This is a cheap machine, and it certainly isn't worth the effort trying to make it work!

This machine has directions that are difficult to understand and poor illustrations. It is difficult to put the bobbin in (it goes in sideways). The thread comes out of the needle easily. The guide lines on the metal plate are not labeled with measurement so I had to do it myself with a sharpie.