🧵 Brother ST371HD Sewing Machine: Strong & Tough with 37 Built-in Stitches, Free Arm Option, and 6 Included Feet! Review

This is my first Brother purchase. I used to only use old machines, mainly Necchi. First of all, I would like to point out that this machine is absolutely not designed for heavy use. It has a plastic body. The coil and its components are made of plastic. The machine sews well on medium and light base fabrics. This works well with the walking leg. The stitches are even and strong. I have problems with low tension when using knitwear, especially elastics that need to be sheathed. I had to open it

I've had the car for 6 months and have been working on 3 projects on it. I give it a "2" because it cuts through thick layers of fabric better than other machines I've had, but that's only if you have a continuous length of fabric that you're sewing. If you have small creases in double fold fabric (I have made Covid-19 masks from 4 layers of lightweight double fold fabric) these areas are difficult to sew - I had to raise the presser foot to allow the machine to move over these areas. sections.

I've been a seamstress all my life and at the age of 70 I thought I understood sewing machines. I used Bernina which I felt was too picky for me and switched to Brother when I bought my first Serger. Apart from the quality of the Brother machines I think this is a great company that stands behind their products. I have made over 40 Renaissance costumes on Brother machines including those of the king and queen. Now that I'm a grandmother (Mimo), I've started sewing clothes for dolls. I've had a…