![]() ![]() There was absolutely no information anywhere that addressed the problem she was having. We watched the DVD and read the manual from cover to cover. With other options, the fabric barely moved and with some, it didn’t move at all. In some cases, the fabric merely moved in tiny circles. The feed dogs were not passing the fabric properly beneath the presser foot. None of the many decorative stitches came out as they were supposed to. With every decorative stitch I dialed up, I encountered a problem. This is by far the biggest time waster I’ve encountered on any new sewing machine. Then you would have to go through the same process with the button on the right. In order to get back to your straight stitch after completing the decorative stitch, you must press the button on the left through the entire numerical sequence from 4 through 9 before getting back to 0. If you want a decorative stitch in the 30-40 range… let’s say stitch number 35, you must first press the up arrow on the left from 0 to 3, then the one on the right until you get to 5. The basic straight stitch assignment is 00. When sewing a combination of stitches or switching from straight to decorative stitches and back, you must press these buttons far more than I believe is necessary. If you go past the stitch you want by accident, you have to go through the whole cycle again to get back to the stitch you want. First of all, if you want to use a certain stitch, you have to press the arrow up buttons to get to the stitch you want. ![]() The real problem arose when I tried to use the decorative stitch options. I wasn’t, however, thrilled with the fact that the ‘variable’ needle position was pre-set, giving the user absolutely no control over when and where to position the needle for custom sewing tasks. When I sampled different stitch lengths and widths, the Singer Brilliance 6180 performed well. The straight and zigzag stitches were not the greatest I’ve seen, but they were well defined and tight. I then re-checked the bobbin to make sure it was wound and inserted properly. I took out the upper thread and threaded it myself. When I got to her house, the machine was threaded properly and everything seemed to be fine. ![]()
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