Sewing speed maximum 750 stitches/min
7 decorative stitches
60 patterns including buttonholes
Twin needle adjustments
Number of stiches: 24
Can owners comment on the quality ?
Stirling Sewing Machine $99 @ ALDI
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frewer on 28/04/2020 - 11:42 aldi.com.au (1940 clicks)
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This, or a second hand one off facebook?
i think it is just a re-badged janome
A friend bought it last year .. I have used it many times .. I am definitely buying for myself this time. Great product.
what do you typically use it for? thanks.
alter my trousers .. sew torn shorts .. Fix lengths of trousers etc.
IME Sterlings are rebranded Janomes. I've bought one of their overlockers which I then spotted in a Janome dealership with the Janome name on it for 3x the price.
Rebadged Janomes were last year, and obviously they put "By Janome" on it to sell better. This year just Stirling. None of the sewing machines on the Janome website look like this one.
I want this. Cannot count the number of times I wished I had a sewing machine. Don’t need the fancy stuff but I do need something thats better than doing by hand.
I've been warned cheap sewing machines are a bit like cheap vacuum cleaners, pretty poor. The cheapest ones don't even have enough grunt to sew folded over denim. No idea how this one would go. If it's not a rebadged janome then apparently getting needles that work would be a problem.
I work part time as a sewing machine mechanic and these Stirling machines are a pretty good entry level machine.
I have serviced other older Stirlings and they are a rebadged Janome with some of the features removed, but the quality is the same as an entry level Janome.
If you a looking for an entry level machine this is a cheaper way to get a new machine, and dont forget it will come with a warranty.
I wouldn't be concerned about obtaining needles as they are basically standardised these days, and a manufacturer would be nuts to make their machine unique.This is NOT a rebadged Janome for those who are wondering.
Google tells me that this is made by a Chinese company. Just to be clear, I'm not trying to say if the quality is better or worse, but unless this company is an OEM partner for Janome, it cannot be assumed that the Stirling this year is also made by Janome as it used to be.
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99% identical to this Stirling machine.Hope it helps. :)
Can't comment on quality or longevity but the machine seems well designed and is as in the youtube video posted above. Features and accessories are pretty much what is on the box in that video as very little is written on the Stirling Box.
Has an automatic needle threader which is nifty. Also has adjustable width and length of stitches. Don't know if these are standard features or not as I know very little about sewing.
Has instructions about blind hem stitching including a guide to attach to the presser foot for this.
The instruction manual is very well written giving confidence that it is well designed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxgIHdYPTPY&feature=youtu.be
wish i'd found this vid earlier today - will save you all the time i wasted today with mum trying to get this going properly
interestingly seems to sell with a 3 year warranty overseas
Spent an hour reading the manual. Was worth it. Achieved the same thing as the video. I think would be fairly intuitive for someone used to sewing machines (not me).
anyone managed to use the darn mode without jamming it up?
All the youtube videos seem to use a special foot that holds down the needle briefly, but the manual in this one says don't use one at all… Just the stump?
Are you talking about threads from the lower bobbin getting caught in the mechanism and jamming the machine.
Worked perfectly for one day. Today trying different stitches and it keeps as you say jamming up.
yes, this is happening to me too in normal sewing modes. I wonder if related? I assumed I was going through too thick material (jeans pocket seam). But darn mode you are supposed to put a plastic cover over the fabric feeder feet, and then go any direction you like. Every time I tried it jams up in that lower section.
Don't know about darn mode, but apparently thread jamming is common and can have lots of causes eg. bent needle, insufficient thread tension (upper and lower), and a burr on the bobbin case. See https://sewingmachinetalk.com/sewing-machine-bobbin-problems…
My solution was to rethread the top section. I think I rethreaded it without the tensioner grabbing the thread properly. After redoing this it was back to normal.
Looks like this model here https://www.productreview.com.au/listings/aldi-sewing-machin… .