Is a built in thread cutter worth it?
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Adding in my greetings and my opinion.
I've used vintage machines older than I am for the last 30 years or so. Recently I was gifted with a friend's modern Bernina, mostly because I have vision issues and it is a self threader and my friend is wonderful... but I love the thread cutter so much! I recently worked on a project with partial seams, a breeze with the thread cutter. And as an added benefit I could tell that I had a lot less thread stuck on me afterwards instead of looking like a walking thread ball.
I also like the knee lift bar to raise the foot up and down, my friend never used it but I have already adapted to where all of this is on automatic.
I've used vintage machines older than I am for the last 30 years or so. Recently I was gifted with a friend's modern Bernina, mostly because I have vision issues and it is a self threader and my friend is wonderful... but I love the thread cutter so much! I recently worked on a project with partial seams, a breeze with the thread cutter. And as an added benefit I could tell that I had a lot less thread stuck on me afterwards instead of looking like a walking thread ball.
I also like the knee lift bar to raise the foot up and down, my friend never used it but I have already adapted to where all of this is on automatic.
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The auto thread cutter saves a lot of thread. I won't buy a machine unless it has one. I have the Eversewn Sparrow 30 about $400 and it sews as nice as my older Bernina has more updated features. The Sparrow 30 had become my go to machine and I have Brother, Bernina, Janome, and Singer.
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I love the thread cutter when paper piecing, but otherwise I don't use it. My Babylock Serenade leaves thread tails between a quarter and a half inch long. They are just long enough to make a little snarl when you start stitching again. It's on the back, not visible, but it still bugs me, I just don't like that little snarl. And occasionally the top thread immediately unthreads itself past the needle when I start stitching again after using the thread cutter, and I have to rethread the top thread, pull it out to a long length and hold it anyway when I start stitching. And that really bugs me. In the end, the thread cutter doesn't thrill me the way I thought it would. Only use it for paper piecing--then it's great.
#16
I'm another that loved the thread cutter for paper piecing but didn't use it much otherwise. Though I'd hate to not have one with my embroidery machine!
I just went to a fully mechanical industrial straight stitcher for piecing - no needle threader or thread cutter, but it does have a knee lift.
I just went to a fully mechanical industrial straight stitcher for piecing - no needle threader or thread cutter, but it does have a knee lift.
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I love the thread cutter when paper piecing, but otherwise I don't use it. My Babylock Serenade leaves thread tails between a quarter and a half inch long. They are just long enough to make a little snarl when you start stitching again. It's on the back, not visible, but it still bugs me, I just don't like that little snarl. And occasionally the top thread immediately unthreads itself past the needle when I start stitching again after using the thread cutter, and I have to rethread the top thread, pull it out to a long length and hold it anyway when I start stitching. And that really bugs me. In the end, the thread cutter doesn't thrill me the way I thought it would. Only use it for paper piecing--then it's great.
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