The Best Quality Stitch Power Sewing Machines

The ability to achieve consistent stitches makes sewing a pleasure.Sewing machine image by Kumar RR from Fotolia.com

Buying a new sewing machine is like buying a new car. The lowest priced model may do the job but without much style. The top priced models embrace luxury and spare no expense. In the middle sewing machine price range, between $200 and $400, there are options that offer quality stitches, plenty of stitch choices and useful additional automatic features. "Craft Magazine" includes the following in a list of the best-quality stitch power sewing machines.

Brother CS-6000i Computerized Sewing Machine

In the $200 range, this machine is lightweight and versatile. It has 100 stitch functions, with 60 stitches built in, including utility, quilting, decorative, heirloom and seven buttonhole styles. The buttonholes are single-step and auto-sizing, to give garments a professional finished look. The stitch display is easy to see on the right. The generous table lends itself to quilting. A rapid needle threader and drop-in bobbin loading in one-step complete the picture. The machine is designed for quilters, home decorators and those who make clothing.

At about $300, this fully electronic machine in an aluminum frame helps increase your speed of production. It can create quilting, decorative and heirloom stitches with consistency and precision at a rate of 750 stitches a minute. Push-button controls let you adjust the stitch settings, even the most intricate and complex designs. Adjustments include length, width, pressure, balance and tension. As built-ins, the machine offers 70 stitches plus a one-step buttonhole stitch. The automatic tension lets you change between fabric weights without worry. The machine has an LED light that lasts and lasts, shedding light on your project while you work. Free motion sewing is not just a wish with this machine, thanks to its drop feed feature.

This machine is the highest priced of the three, approaching $400. The interface for users is smart, with a display that runs along the machine top. The layout is clean, enabling you to view samples of the 24 stitches the machine can perform. Two dozen is relatively small menu, but all the essentials are included, with stitch number 25 being the buttonholer. To keep you focused on your sewing project instead of on the mechanics of the machine, the button for reverse is large and handy (for those who are right-handed). Another convenient feature is the way the needle is designed to stop at the high end of its cycle in the up position. That way, you can remove your project without hand-lifting the needle. Auto-tension also helps for thicker fabric.