Singer 7470 Confidence Electronic Sewing Machine

Singer 7470 Confidence Electronic Sewing Machine

Easily become an amazing seamstress with the Singer 7470 Computerized Sewing Machine with 1000+ Stitch. Make decorative stitches, seam, stitch and hem with the simple push a a button to select the stitch, width & length! Not to mention, 173 built in stitches, built in alphabet, hand look quilt stitch, stretch stitches ane more! Includes, LCD display which shows the stitch selected, settings and all your creative adjustments. The twin needle mode monitors warns you if the stitch width is too wide or if your needle is broken, making this machine exceptional!
Accessories included:
general purpose foot, satin special purpose (decorative sewing), one step buttonhole foot, zipper foot, blind hem foot.

Warranty: 25 year limited warranty including 25 years parts, 5 year electronic and 1 year labor.

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars My Newest Friend
My husband bought this sewing machine for me for our anniversary. I’m simply delighted every time I sit down to sew a project or do the humdrum, mending, primarily because of the variety of stitches available to meet my various needs. You see, I’ve had a bargain-priced Singer with only straight and zigzag stitches since 1972. Though to date I’ve only used three different stitches, this machine has lit the fire of creativity in me. Equally important are the cost of it, the ease of use and its many features. A woman who has sewn for 40 years, I never thought I could be so thrilled about a machine. This is like stepping out of my Oldsmobile station wagon and into my new Honda Accord. I can’t wait to start my Chrismas sewing project, patchwork tote bags.

2 Stars Very frustrating
This is a versatile machine, not as smooth a feed as my older one, and has so far proved itself unreliable. The bobbin-winding mechanism has already frozen up, and the electronics are of no help in diagnosing what the trouble is. I have now been on hold for Singer Customer Service for over 30 minutes. I upgraded to this from my 25+-year-old Singer workhorse of a machine, and now I can even get a bobbin loaded, nor can I get thru to a person on their help line.

5 Stars Great for the most part
I received this in December 2008 as a Christmas present. Before that, I’d been making due with an entry-level Euro Pro that jammed consistently. It was also a gift, and I didn’t have the money to buy one myself. I was always afraid to sew anything ambitious on that machine, so right off the bat, the Singer is a 1000% improvement. It hasn’t jammed once.

Pros:

-I love the drop-in bobbin. I don’t even mind having to adjust the thread myself while it’s winding, either (as another reviewer pointed out). It’s just so much easier than on my old machine.

-It handles all fabrics, thick and thin. Just make sure you’re using the right needle (of course)!

-The buttonholer and button sewer are marvellous – soooo easy! And I used to *hate* sewing buttonholes. Lowering and raising the feed dog is a snap, too. Very convenient instead of having to use a special plate.

-Despite that this isn’t an “embroidery” machine, the stitches it does are very lovely, practical, and it doesn’t have so many fancy stitches that I’ll never use. I didn’t buy this to be an embroidery machine, but the decorative stitches it has are very nice.

-The see-through bobbin plate is very handy.

-The blind stitch works wonderfully! My old machine would only do a reverse blind stitch. This simply wouldn’t work with the blind hem foot I had for that machine. Hemming is super easy now.

-If all the little prongs on the automatic needle threader are in just the right spot, it works like a charm. (see cons)

Cons:

-If all the little prongs on the automatic neeled threader are NOT in just the right spot, it won’t work at all. The center of the three prongs is the one that hooks the thread. It must line up just so, so that it goes into the hole on the needle. Once it’s through the needle hole, hook the thread, and pop it through. I had to manually bend mine a little bit to get it in the right spot.

-I’ve started making my first quilt. I know this isn’t the best quilting machine out there, but I somewhat expected better results. I bought the correct walking foot for the machine, but it just doesn’t feed the material while I’m quilting. I have to manually pull the quilt through. This is frustrating, and I can’t quilt as accurately as I’d like. Perhaps I’m just doing something wrong here, but it’s like there’s not enough pressure being exerted by the walking foot to make the quilt advance through the machine.

-The rolled hem foot isn’t all that great, either. It’s easier (seriously) to just press and pin a narrow hem myself. And even that’s a great challenge – but easier than the rolled hem foot.

Overall, this is a great machine that I’ve already used on dozens of projects (clothes to curtains), and I plan to keep it around for a long time.

5 Stars Great Machine
This is my 3rd Singer in 40 years. My first machine made countless dresses, pants, prom dresses, and upholstered a lot of furniture. My second machine was not heavy duty enough for what I do now. I make flannel blankets for Project Linus and average 3-5 blankets a week. The Singer 7470 is perfect! I have tried out all the features, which work perfectly. The instruction book is easy to follow. I love the numerous stitches that can be accessed with just a push of a button and that to get back to straight sewing, you just turn off the machine and when you turn it back on – straight sewing again. Also the price and service at Amazon were great as always!

5 Stars very slick running machine
I have not sewed for a long time and consider myself an advanced beginner. I wanted to get back into sewing without spending a lot, yet I did not want just a basic machine. I found what I wanted with the 7470. It has a lot of cute decorative stitches and a couple built in alphabets in addition to the usual utility stitches. It comes with all the basic feet, a soft plastic cover, nicely done instruction manual, and all the other extras like needles and bobbins. So far I have made some nice home dec type of things and hope to start a garmet next. The 7470 is very smooth running and sews nicely. The menus are very easy to use. It has a mirror image, repeat inifinity stitch and can handle double needles. The sewing area is wide and sturdy. The machine threads easily, the bobbin is drop in, and the needle threader really works!! So far I am very pleased and think I did good getting this one!

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