Found an interesting product at very good price. Its battery operated comes with needle and bobbins…
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Handheld Sewing Machine - Battery Operated - 50% off - $12.49 @ Spotlight
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Pbargainball on 22/04/2016 - 09:47 spotlightstores.com (664 clicks)
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Similar product YouTube review here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OE0zsmWEXzI
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This is a chainstitch not a lockstitch sewing machine as you can see in the video @rawm linked to. This means it uses only one thread (not 2 as in a normal lockstitch machine). This is only suitable for very small repairs or 'no-touch' decorative crafts! If the thread breaks the whole seam will come apart very easily.
well.. Lockstitches are mainly used to seal the edges of fabric so it does not frail or unthread itself. For the majority of the jobs, chain stitches are good enough.
I think you're thinking of an overlocker or serger (with the knives) which is used for edges.
A standard home sewing machine (made in the last 50-80 years anyway) has a bobbin thread underneath and a spool thread on top, and both are used at the same time. The bobbin thread comes out from below between the feed dogs, and the spool thread goes through the needle. See the wiki article for some cool animations of the difference.
Would this work better if sewn twice right beside?
It seems like it would be super handy for repairs since I normally just thread up a needle. I wish I knew about this when I was made my curtains the other day because I don't have a sewing machine and did it by hand.
When you handsew (I hope) you are very careful to tie off the ends and you actually sew a bit differently. If you back stitch, it will be a stronger seam than this, a running stitch seam is probably similar.
Its pretty cheap, so if you want to try it out go for it! I just wanted to warn people who might think of this as equivalent to a normal sewing machine for a very low price.
If you have the space for a full size sewing machine, you can pick one up on gumtree for a good price. Even the $90 machine from the post office catalogue will probably see better.
One useless gadget, you won't able to sew anything with these. I wouldn't buy it if it's $2.
Have you use this particular one?
Not the same model, but something similar in the past and it was crap. The cotton was all tangled up and can't sew straight. Unless they give me a 60 day satisfaction guarantee; otherwise I won't bothered to buy one.
Ah thanks, I need one for very very basic straight sewing and was concerned like a lot of these gadgets are just rubbish, I don't really have a need or room for a sewing machine so this seemed like a good option. Only if it works … thanks for feedback
No worries. If really want to buy one, do bring a piece of cotton fabric and ask them to demonstrate how to sew straight. You'll need 2 people to do the job. One hold the fabric straight with both hands and one hold the machine. Good luck!
These have been around for years. Really unsure about how usable they are in real life though. Use to be sold on TV Infomercials "but wait, there's more!" style..
Thinking of buying this to do jail tattoos.
These things are actually really great for small, quick jobs like the odd hem or repair…sure, you won't be able to open up your own sweatshop with them, but it beats staples or iron-on hem tape! ;)