Brother LX3125 14-Stitch Sewing Machine 4.5 5 135 157
Review from a guy As a regular guy into normal guy stuff, I never thought in a million years I would be giving a review of a sewing machine. But I needed three pairs of pants shortened and the tailor wanted $25 each pair. So I'm the type of guy that would rather buy the tool and do it myself than pay somebody. Walmart is across the street from my office, so I looked at a couple sewing machines. This one was about the same price as what the tailor was charging me so I picked it up. I'm glad I did. The DVD was very helpful (no way I would have been able to figure out how to load the thread from the little black and white pictures in the manual). After reading some web sites on how to shorten jeans and some videos on youtube of how to hem pants, I was able to figure it out. It took about 2 hrs and they came out perfect. Now just don't tell any of my friends I sewed my own pants. :-) 05/08/2009
What you get If you are in the store than the box is descriptive of what you get, but the online page is not helpful. I bought online and am including info here I wanted to know before buying.The 14 stitches, in number order on the dial are:1. Buttonhole2, 3, & 4 are zig-zag stitches of increasing width5. Zig-zag (Satin) Stitch6 thru 10 are straight stitches of increasing length, center needle position.11 straight stitch, left needle position.12. straight blind stitch.13. shell pintuck stitch14. 4elastic stitch.What comes with the machine is three plastic bobbins, 3 extra needles, a mending plate, buttonholer foot, button foot, zipper foot, foot switch, 48 pages of illustrated instructions in English and again in Spanish (separate sections avoiding the confusion of previous manuals). There is included a DVD of instructions.The manual is clearly written and illustrated with line drawings.I didn't rate the durability and meets expectations, since I haven't had it long enough to rate durability and the expectations were zero based on lack of information of what is in the box. The other points got 5 stars because it is a great value (I paid $59 online), it has great features for the money, it has simplicity in design appearance and looks nicely arranged. For the price I wouldn't expect more. Like all low-priced machines a certain number of them will have problems needing corrections, but I haven't experienced that yet. 12/05/2008
Loving this machine I use this machine almost daily , i have made drapes , bags, cloths, and am now trying quilting squares on it. i love it and am having a great time, am thinking of getting one for my granddaughter for her birthday. 06/05/2009
Great Machine I am a begining seamstress, but I needed a machine for at home so I researched a bunch of machines before finally purchasing one. I didn't need a lot of bells and whistles and I didn't want to spend alot of money. This machine matched my specs and it has totally been worth it. It is super easy to use, and comes with an instructional DVD incase you don't already know how to use one. I have owned my machine for over a month now and use it almost daily and have yet to run into any problems with it. I would reccomend this machine to ANYONE :) 05/26/2009
