Singer 7442 Electronic Sewing Machine Rating

Good embroidery machine with some things that need work

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By Holly Gilbert

I purchased the Singer 7442 sewing machine to replace an older Brother model that finally failed after 14 long years of use. One thing that struck me right away was the embroidery quality of it as compared to the other machines I have used. It is far superior to them and quite a delight. Overall more stitches are rendered and they are of higher quality. While it is a noisy sewing machine the action on it is very smooth.

Since it is a Singer I was expecting it to be built of high quality materials and it did not disappoint. For some reason I wasn’t expecting it to be as greatly constructed as it was but again, I was happy with this aspect. But to be honest, there are a couple of negative features that I feel I should point out.

I have found that the 7442 is not all that responsive to the presser foot and this is something that takes some getting used to. My former embroidery machines would stop and start directly with the presser but this sewing machine goes a couple extra stitches after my foot is completely off. If I plan ahead I can compensate but I feel this should be corrected at a future time. Another thing that bothers me is the needle always goes back to the up position so when you turn the corner or do something where you need the needle in the down position you have to manually crank it a half stitch. There also is an annoying needle threader that hangs right in front of the needle and it always seems to be in your way.

All in all this is a quality sewing machine with a couple minor faults. Some of the other machines are cheaper but the quality of them is not up to par, in my opinion. If Singer made a couple adjustments I would give it a perfect score but for now it gets 4 stars.

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