subject: Features Of Sewing Machines [print this page] When selecting the best sewing machine, there are many brands and models to choose from, priced anywhere from $70 to as high as $5,000. The domestic sewing machine can perform many tasks. It can provide straight or zigzag stitches to the creation of buttonholes and stitching buttons.
The first sewing machine was developed by Issac Merit Singer in the year 1851. He actually took 11 days and spends $40 in creating the natural sewing machines. His effort resulted in lockstitch sewing machine. His company I.M Singer and company became one of the world's famous companies. The name is enough to attract people towards its product. It is one of the oldest manufacturing companies.
The Brother International Corporation is another manufacturing company that deals with the sewing machine producers. It has created one of the best sewing machines in the world and has also a very good reputation in the market. This company also deals with the electronic products that are also very good.
Husqvarna Viking is a Swedish Producer of high-quality sewing machines and sergers for home use. Viking, though pricey, has a good reputation among quilters and others who work their sewing machines a lot. Users report that Viking is the best sewing machine because of its durability and it is easy to use. Viking was the first company to develop the first writing sewing machine.
Bernina, a Swiss manufacturer owned and operated by the same family for four generations, is a renowned manufacturer of quality sewing machines. Bernina had the first high-speed hemstitching machine, the first zigzag machine and was the first to develop computerized sewing and embroidery systems that ran off of Microsoft Windows CE.
Last but not the least another Japanese company that deals with the production of these machines is a Japanese company known as Janome. This company also deals with the electronic products and is hugely popular in the market. In the year 1960 this company purchased the New Home. This is the only company that firstly created the computerized programmable sewing machine.
