Which is best? Will it sew thick fabric?

Review by Duncan Mcintosh

Bought this for my wife for her birthday. Had no idea what I was buying but thankfully I chose well..........she loves it! She's sewing everything in site.

Review by Patrick Jones

Looks lovely....I love it! Smooth and easy to use, even has a needle threader

Review by Theo Peters

I'm new to sewing and this machine has been great for me.

Review by Hilary Mendon

Great machine, very light weight. Love the automatic needle threader

Review by Andy L

Bought this machine last year but my daughter has now taken it .......so I'm going to have to buy another one now!! Great machine.

Review by Dawn E

LOVE IT. I had a lovely Silver 1031 machine which I was very happy with until I started a king size appliqué quilt for my bed, I could then see its limitations. So I began my search for a new machine with some features like needle down, extension table (optional extra), larger hole to the right of needle, bigger variety of stitches. I didn't want to spend a fortune, I wanted a lot of machine for as little money as possible. I found found the silver 9500e quite early on but continued on looking for better but kept coming back to it. So I decided that was the one so next thing was to find it as cheap as possible. Phoned Sewing Machine Sales and spoke to a nice young man who took my order apart from the computer going down in the middle of my order the ordering and delivery was perfect and it arrived next day. I spend that evening learning about it, playing with the stitch patterns, writing names etc etc I loved the little cars, the variety of flowers and with 500 different patterns I could now do my heritage quilt I really wanted to do. The variety of feet supplied with the machine and the storage of them is brilliant each having its own place, easy to check you have everything before you put the machine away. The close down lid covering the cotton reel etc is really good as I was able to lay the quilt over the my machine to check the back without removing it completely or disturbing the thread. It is much quieter than my other machine. Changing the stitch patterns is easy to do and stitch length simple. The screen shows you the machine setup, the foot you are using, stitch size, tension range you should have for the foot selected. I am yet to find something I don't like about the 9500e. I was like an excited child with a new toy. I started working on my appliqué quilt free motion stitch in the ditch in the centre of the king size quilt, it was manageable (I have only done this by hand before), I did have to do the first applique flower 3 times before I was happy with it then it got easier to do as the more practice I got. The speed limiter is excellent, helping to keep the machine going at a even speed important for free motion quilting. I nearly bottled out of machine quilting my quilt purely for its size, could I manage it? but the machine coped very well once I got going I did 3 flowers in a couple of hours and I was really pleased with the result, hand sewing would have been at least 2 hours each flower and now the centre is done it will be quicker and easier to do The 9500e is a lot of machine for the money and Sewing Machine Sales offer the best price I could find. I would recommend both this machine and Sewing Machine sales.

Review by Sewing For Fun

I've been using this for a good month now. I've done 3 big sewing projects with this and I have to say I've been pleasantly surprised by it! This is my first machine (that I've owned) but I've had quite a bit of experience sewing on other machines. I love all the functions that the machine has! The shipping was GREAT! Also, I like that I don't have to do much to maintain the machine. I read the intruction book that came with it, although my OH (who surprised me with this) said it was all self oiling; I had seen the instructions about oiling the bobbin but self oiling sort of seemed to contradict that (you do need to still oil the bobbin area). Anyway, I ended up with a small noise so I picked up some Singer Super Oil (which I highly recommend) and I will now be oiling my bobbin after every big project; the noise went away completely after I oiled it. It's good with going through many layers of fabric (I've tried 4-5 layers so far); the only thing I noticed is that if you are going through a certain amount of layers (say 3 for a turned over hemline) and then you go over a spot with more layer (say 5 because you're going over the area where the inside edges meet the hemline) you have to sort of pull it through a little (to help it adjust to the increased layers); if the layers stay the same it does pretty good on its own, even with more layers. Overall, I'd recommend to anyone who likes to sew and wants a sewing machine that will happily help you with all of your projects! It's easy to use straight out of the box!

Review by Simone S

I have never stopped sewing. So easy to use, press a button and you are sewing with another stitch. Its great and sews very smoothly. Very lightweight compared to my last sewing machine! which was not a singer. I'm sure I will enjoy! HAPPY SEWING!!!!!

Review by Emma R

I was looking for a sewing machine that offered a reasonable amount of stitiching options without being massively expensive. This machine seems to fit the bill admirably! Ordered it online and it arrived the next day! and as it is so new, I am still discovering all it has to offer. The instructions are good and clear and so far it seems to work very smoothly and easily. I am delighted!

Review by Manticore J

I purchased this machine about 5 weeks ago. My wife has a Tiptronic 1171 for her quilting and she just loves the machine. I have used the machine to make some shirts and I really like the machine, but I wanted 1 step buttonholes and a selection of decorative stitches for topstitching. So the logical thing to do was purchase my own machine. After much research I decided to get the Expression 150 Anniversary Limited Edition. I chose wisely! I just love this machine. I've only just scratched the surface of this machines capabilities. This is my first computerized machine and I wasn't sure what to expect. Having the 1171 for the past 14 years, I knew I liked Pfaff machines and the 150 does not dissappoint. My wife finds the 10" clearance to the right of the needle very intriguing. I expect to come home from work any day now and find Kati sitting in front of my Expression 150. In my search for my machine I looked at Babylock, Bernina, Elna, Pfaff & Viking. I love the IDT on Kati's Pfaff so that was a factor in my choice, That along with my experience with her machine and the features and stitch selection of the Expression 150 made my choice very easy. Like I said before, I chose wisely.