Which is best? Will it sew thick fabric?

Review by Ayako H

I purchased this machine. I really wanted to purchase PFAFF Expression 150 and searched a lot, and finally found Sewing Machine Sales. UK. which can ship worldwide. It was delivered in less than a week in excellent condition. Customer Service is so helpful and kind, and their responses to e-mail inquiries are always fast. As to this machine, I have used it only for a shot time. I tried many of 200 stitches but t have not done even half, yet. Straight stitches are so beautiful and I am impressed with IDT (Pfaff exclusive!). I felt like I sew like a Pro. Expression 150's sewing table is so spacious and the machine is easy to operate, however, Pfaff instruction manual is very brief and doesn't explain well, so I recommend you to watch Youtube for threading and bobbin winding. For those of you, who are thinking to purchase Expression 150, I would like to let you know the followings: Expression 150 doesn't have programming function and memory function As to decorative stitches, 3.0 and 4.0 have tapering function which taper the size of the pattern at the beginning and at the end, or pattern can be sewn from different angles. It can be programmed and can be saved in memory area. 150 doesn't have these functions. So If you are a person who wants memory/programming function, 150 is not the one. This one doesn't have built-in alphabets (which I thought I didn't need, but it must be fun if you have it). I guess 150 is close to Expression 2.0 with more decorative stitches without alphabets. Also you can have 5 extra foot as anniversary gift. Basic sewing functions are same as 2.0 and 3.0. Overall, I really like this machine, and Sewing Machine Sales is an excellent and reliable store which I highly recommend! Thank you.

Review by Val Dunn

The XL601 is a super little machine with big features you normally expect to find only on expensive machines.The height of the foot, makes thick materials so easy to manoeuvrings and the power of the needle makes sewing thick layers so simple. I think the speed regulator is a great idea, you only find out how good it is, when you come to use it, as I often do.I could go on and on, but take my advice and buy one, you won't be sorry.

Review by Delly C

Love this machine, would definitely recommend it. Took me 2 hours to pluck up courage to switch it on, but found it easy to use and does everything I need for quilting. Excellent delivery

Review by Janet S

Good advice on the phone and fast, safe delivery. Sadly it has to stay in the box until Christmas!

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.