What's a good choice for a second sewing machine?
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My vote is for a featherweight or Singer 301, if all you are going to be doing is straight stitching. There is an after market foot called "Lil foot" that gives a perfect 1/4" seam as long as the needle shaft is straight and the foot aligns perfectly with feed dogs. They sew as nice a straight stitch as my Bernina 880 (which I love). That said if you feel you need a zig zag, I would go with a 3/4 size Bernina. I don't know the number, mine is referred to as a White Pearl.
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All good suggestions - but - it is not always easy to come upon a featherweight or a 301. I finally found a featherweight at a decent price after literally a few years of looking at every garage sale/estate sale/flea market I could come across between here and Atlanta. I haven't yet even seen a 301. I don't want it through ebay or any place with shipping since over on the vintage thread there are some pretty bad stories of bad shipping and machine damage. Also some success stories, but me personally, I am not willing to take that chance. I have three low end mechanical Brothers, all different, and all wonderful machines. One at each of the son's homes and one here.
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