Singer 4205 Inspiration Sewing Machine

First of all, if you want a good sewing machine it will cost over $300.00 nowadays, anything under that it’s cheaply made. I had this machine for 3 months. It is made of plastic parts. It only lasted 3 months after my needle hit the wrong place while installing a zipper. It cracked the bobbin Mechanism, it was done! Made of plastic it cracked, they could fix it but with plastic. I took it home took it apart the only metal I found was the screws holding it to a type of plastic frame.I’m my experience if you don’t want to spend over $300.00 or over $1000.00 to get a really good sewing machine, go for vintage before 1960, usually you will find a good sturdy Sewing Machine made of metal or Aluminum, after the late 1950’s they started using plastics, but make sure the gears are made of metal.

I'm a novice sewer, so perhaps my experience is not typical of those who sew well and often, but I've had nothing but trouble with this machine. The birdnesting issues resurface everytime I rethread the machine, and while the machine works well for me in spurts, there is no consistency. I play with different needle sizes and with the upper thread tension, but with little luck. Even when the tension seems balanced, the machine will skip stitches randomly and occasionally reject a brand new needle (meaning that the needle will ram into some part of the bobbin case even if it doesn't look bent). I have been stranded in the middle of a project for months. In short, my experience learning to sew has been even more frustrating than I expected because of the difficulties with this machine.

I bought this machine on sale 2 years ago. I am an amateur. I learned to sew with this machine. I've been lucky and have had no issues with it. I've made a number of blankets and dresses and john-johns with the machine. I do basic stuff though. the only thing I find really tricky is button holes, but, as I've said, I have no training other than youtube videos and the cd that came with the machine. I would buy a singer whenever I do decide to upgrade. as of right now, it completes the projects I want to complete.if you want to learn the basics and don't want to spend an arm and a leg, this is a good machine.

My husband bought this machine back in 2009. I have used it to sew dresses, some blankets and crafting projects. I've had some few problems with the treath before specially when I was using a cheap one. I just realized yesterday I had never clean it or put lubricant, honestly I felt terrible. So I did it and is working even better.I read all the negative comments before, which were surprising to me, since my experience with this machine has been excellent.I just bought a new foot to do the free motion quilting, I tried it, and it sews perfect!I recommend this sewing machine to anyone, who wants to do regular sewing with it, nothing fancy.

I always considered Singer to have good machines- after all, theyve been around FOREVER! Practically an american trademark no? Well, my hubby bought me this machine for christmas and I loved it at first! Was SO much better than my Pixie I was used to! Weeeeell, not long after I started using it, it started messing up. My stitches were very loose and loopy at the bottom, rethreaded helped sometimes. Adjusting the tension did nothing. Then in the middle of sewing a STRIAGHT LINE I heard a loud CLICK and it stopped sewing. The timing was off. On my brand new sewing machine. Absouletely ridiculous! Definitely NOT an operator error! I was doing nothing different at the time, just sewing a plain straight stitch using a lightweight COTTON material! >.< SO I called Singer and tried to get them to uphold thier 90 day unlimited warranty. No such luck! For them to uphold thier warranty, I would either have to spend $40 to ship it to the nearest warranty center or drive 3 hours to get there! What lousy customer service! Not helpful WHATSOEVER. FUrthermore, I was told it was MY FAULT. 0.o Defintely not my fault.So, I went to return it to Joanns. I was given the run around and after contacting thier headquarters and the local overseer I was able to exchange it for a different machine, same model though as I was convinced it was simply a defect. Nope this one gives me the SAME problems. Same damn things. And its remarkable the thing breask RIGHT AFTER the unlimited warranty expires! I will never buy a Singer machine again. Total crap in my opinion. I now have a Janome Machine on the way after hearing wonderful things about Janome.I learned how to sew at a VERY young age on my grandmothers commercial sewing machines. Then had a machine all growing up that flooded during a hurricane. (Brother machine). This was the first brand I have EVRE had problems with. Im very dissapointed too since I had such high expectations... Its a pretty machine, but all it gave me was frustrations and tears. Not worth it. Definitely NOT WORTH IT.

I was a little frustrated at first with the machine as I was having problems with the sewing being 'loopy' off the bobbin and I couldn't figure out why. Well, I didn't actually read the manual on how to thread the machine. Once I found out how to thread it properly I have not had a problem since. So technically the issue was me not reading the manual. They could have made it a little more straightforward for the threading though.

The other review is great, so I just wanted to translate it into English: Excellent product of very good quality; has a lot of power, and sews all types of home/domestic fabrics!!! I recommend it for all home sewing jobs!!!EXCELENTE PRODUCTO, DE MUY BUENA CALIDAD, CON MUCHA FUERZA, COSE TODO TIPO DE TELA DOMESTICA!!! LO RECOMIENDO PARA TRABAJOS DEL HOGAR EN GENERAL!!!