Pfaff Expression 2038

This is perfect, can't live without it – This machine is a dream , another great Pfaff machine, my last one I had for 28 years and was still sewing great but just had to upgade. Never have any trouble with it at all, sews beautifully. I love the features from this machine that my other one didn't have. And its not made in China.

So many problems I wish I had not bought it – It will not sew right to the edge of light weight fabrics so you can reverse to lock a seam - it jams the fabric down the hole. This gives problems when "chaining" patchwork pieces, among other things. With other lightweight fabrics eg t-shirting, the feed dogs are so coarse that you cannot just quickly slide a piece of fabric under the foot. If you suggest I put paper under everything, my response would be "why should I have to, just to do normal sewing?"

It is fussy about what fabrics it will chose to sew on, eg on homespun no matter what needle I use it punches the fabric like the needle is blunt, pulling threads and skipping stitches. On polycotton it will not do buttonholes - it skips stitches so badly it just doesn't work. It does reasonable buttonholes on cottons, etc. but does very poor ones on stretch fabrics.

When topsewing a pocket you cannot exactly gauge how many stitches it will do in reverse - I therefore cannot easily get a stitch perfect finish. My old 1035 does a much more precise job when using reverse stitching. Same applies when doing satin stitch applique.

It is a "drama queen" when it comes to thicker fabrics - eg when hemming thicker fabrics like jeans it needs to be helped over seams far, far more than my old 1035 Tipmatic. This actually even applies to average weight cottons.

With regard to the inbuilt walking foot, when sewing normally, fabric too easily jams up under it, and my old Pfaff with a "bolt on" walking foot did a better job of quilting, particularly if quilting a lattice pattern on the diagonal.

In fact my old Pfaff 1035 STILL performs better on many tasks despite being worn out.

Despite extensive and expensive overhauls it still does not perform anywhere near my expectations. This was to be my "last me till I die" machine. I am a pensioner and cannot afford to change machines again, as the amount I have been offered as a trade is only about $200.

NB When I complained about it not sewing on polycotton or on homespun, mechanics NEVER actually did a sample on the fabric in question, they used their own firmly woven fabric, so I looked like a dill. Also, when it has been overhauled I don't think anyone ever did a sample on t-shirting, or tried to sew to the edge of fabrics. Why not?

Very interested in your response,

Regards, Cheryl Host, phone[number removed] Needle threader, facility to sew nametags,