Portable electronic sewing machine

Lightweight sewing machine with hand controls and automatic threading – suitable for wheelchair users who have impaired hand function

Description
Small, lightweight electronic sewing machine with many advanced functions including start/shutdown button for sewing without a foot pedal, as well as automatic threading. It can handle several layers of thick fabric.

Model: Janome Platinum 720

Authors comments
The user likes to sew. He is extremely satisfied with the sewing machine, which works both for him and for his 12-year old daughter. The best feature is the hand control.

Manufacturer
Janome, www.janome.se (in Swedish) (last checked May 2011)

Purchased from
Sewing machine store

Paid for by
The user

Editors comments
This modell is no longer available. But there is another modell 'Janome Decor Computer' which has hand control (last checked May 2011).

Tip is dated from 2008

Categories for this tip
household tasks » care of clothing, recreation, leisure » handicraft and sewing, Tips and tricks from people with Low tetraplegia with partly function in arms/hands (C7- Th1, ASIA A, B).

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