There is no doubt in my mind that Brother sewing machines have given Singer – the standard for years – a run for their money. The Zigzag foot has a leveler button for maneuvering over thick seams.īrother CE 5500PRW Sewing Features and Controls There are a total of 7 snap-on presser feet included with the purchase of this sewing machine. Ta da! (Really, that I should notice little things like that…)īrother CE 5500PRW Stitch Patterns Brother CE 5500PRW Presser Feet The Brother CE 5500PRW sewing machine, however, highlights the default width and length settings by displaying a circle around them on the screen so if you want to return to the default settings just push the up or down button to adjust stitch width and length until the setting shows the circle. However, when you change those settings, it’s really easy to forget what the default settings were so if you find you want to go back to them in the middle of a project, you have to turn the machine off and back on to reset the defaults (or look up the settings in the manual which I would tend not to do). All machines have built-in stitches programmed with a default length and width. This sewing machine has one slick, trick that is kind of neat when it comes to changing your stitch width and length settings. Stitch width is adjustable to 7mm and length adjustable to 5mm. The stitch selection covers decorative sewing, stretch stitches, quilting, and heirloom sewing. The Brother CE 5500PRW Built In StitchesĪ total of 50 built-in sewing stitches are programmed into this sewing machine including 5 styles of auto-sizing, 1-step buttonholes. I’m still going to compare the two sewing machines, however, further down on the page. I was going to say that the one negative with this sewing machine was that it was priced higher than another model of which I’m a fan but Walmart has since dropped the price (got to love that!) so now it’s about $20 less than the other machine. Sometimes I procrastinate (as I did on this review – I started it two weeks ago) and it works out better in the end. Stitch Count / Presser Feet / Functionality / Accessories / Customer Reviews / Pros, Cons & Manual It’s smaller and lighter than comparable machines making it highly portable. It’s been awarded a Consumers Digest ‘Best Buy’ Award. This is a compact, lightweight machine with lots of features suitable for making clothes, light quilting and free-motion embroidery. The Brother CE 5500PRW is one of the least expensive Project Runway machines you can buy.
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