Bias Tip- 3/8 Inch Single Fold for Simplicity Bias Tape Maker Review

Too many problems with this machine and the various tips.First, the instructions that come with the machine are horrible.The instructions with the machine for the 1" tip tell you to cut your strip 1-7/8" yet the Simplicity YouTube video states you cut your strip 2" and also says you have to spray starch all the bias seams so that they will feed properly.Gee, like I really want to have to starch every seam in my bias tape?

As another reviewer stated, the tips are too far away from the iron and unfold before getting to the iron. I agree! I haven't tried to hold the tip up closer to the iron, so perhaps that will work, that is assuming you have starched all the seams so they will feed properly.

I got a "deal" on a set of the extra tips, but am really disappointed.ZERO instructions came with these.Have spent way too much time cutting bias tape at "guessed" widths for the tips as they come with NO suggested widths to cut the bias tape.Doubling the size of the tip would make sense, but ONLY if you intuited that from having gone searching for the Simplicity video that says to cut your strip 2" for the 1" tip!The instructions coming WITH the machine and 1" tip say to cut your strip 1-7/8".UGH!

I also found the strips getting hung up at the end of the iron under the cover if the least little bit of a seam hung out or an edge was slightly irregular.

Next, you have 5" to 6" of bias tape that isn't ironed since that's the amount you have to first pull through before attaching the iron cover and turning on the machine - that is IF you follow the machine instructions (written or Simplcity's YouTube video).Several other video reviewers have the machine turned on before they attach the tip....a really good way to get burned in my opinion.

In all, I can't say I can find a reason to use this machine.I'm sticking to my bias barsDritz Quilting Bias Press Bars Set Of Five, and the Clover fusible bias tape makers: Clover Fusible Bias 1/4-Inch Tape Maker, 1 EA



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Product Description:
WRIGHTS-Simplicity Bias Tape machine Tip.Have you ever imagined being able to make 12 feet of bias tape in as little as 60 seconds without burning your fingers?Create bias tape by feeding a cut fabric strip into a bias tape tip and then to an iron press creating folded/ironed single fold bias tape.This phenomenal machine features include auto-feed; removable power cord; On/off switch; automatic shut-off after 10 minutes of inactivity and multiple temperature settings for a variety of fabrics and is extremely easy to use.This package contains one 3/8in Single Fold Tip.Machine is not included.Imported.

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Singer(R) Inspiration 4210 Review

This is an update to my previous review (see below the **** for the original review).

The replacement 4210 sent to me directly from Singer is a VAST improvement over the 4210 I bought in Spring 2007. It's very obvious that the model has had improvements over the past two years of continued manufacture. I've put the new 4210 through its paces and am well pleased with it! What a relief!

****Original review:
I've been sewing for 30 years on an old model Singer, and am an experienced seamstress. I bought this for the features my vintage Singer doesn't have, such as zig-zag stitches, stitching for stretch knits, and buttonhole stitching.

I've had problems from the start with the 4210. The "birdnesting" problem with the bobbin if the machine is not threaded under tension is ridiculous, and documented on Singer's support site. Having to purchase specific bobbins is just wrong. Making buttonholes is not the piece-of-cake that is claimed. It's not intuitive how to change presser feet. The bobbin case jams repeatedly. When using four layers of lightweight cotton and stitching them, birdnesting occurs; you can pretty much ruling out sewing any heavy or thick fabrics with this machine. Birdnesting also occurs when stitching stretch knits. The tension lever doesn't seem to have any effect on tension at all. I could go on and on.

I've called Singer support and they've offered to give me a new 4210 and send this problem one back. I'll take them up on that, and hope that in the two years since I bought my 4210 some of these problems may have been worked out in manufacturing. We'll see.

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Product Description:
The new Inspiration from SINGER is simply the easiest. Designed by sewers for sewers, Inspiration makes it unbelievably effortless to bring your best ideas to life. The Inspiration simplifies threading, bobbin winding and insertion, buttonholes and more. It covers all the basics ' freeing you to create projects that are anything but.

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