The Brother Innov-is A150 is priced at £599 its certainly not the cheapest, nor is it the most expensive but it is hands down our best selling sewing machine. The top machine in the A series range its single, most important feature which put it above the others is the thread cutter. It sounds basic, but trust us (and anyone else who has ever had thread cutting on their machine!), scissors are a game changer. It’s seems like something so simple, and everyone who sews has a lovely pair of thread scissors I’m sure, but the cutter don’t just save you time. Without a cutter – you finish stitching a line, lift the foot (which releases the tension on your threads), snip the top thread, snip the bottom thread and try not to pull your stitches whilst you do it, maybe you even put extra reinforcing stitches in specially to stop it pulling. Whereas with the cutter - you finish stitching a line, press the cutter button in the front of the machine- a tiny blade, near the bobbin cuts both the top and bobbin thread. Then you can raise the foot and easily remove the sewing.
Add to that that the Innov-is A150 also has four built-in fonts and ten styles of one step buttonhole as well as the standard super easy needle threader, start/stop button which means you can use your machine with or without a foot control (don’t knock it ‘till you’ve tried it!) and a lock stitch button which does your reinforcing stitches on the spot (rather than going forward and reversing and making messy stitches) and you can see why it has becomes our best selling sewing machine. True, the face of the machine looks a little daunting and space age-y compared to others but it is really simple to use you just need to know how and at Caffle Crafts that’s what we are all about. Whether it’s with one to one lessons, over the phone, via email- whatever works for you, we are there for you making sure that you get the most from your new machine. We should mention too that our back up isn’t time limited. Odds are you want a new machine because you already have a project in mind and these machines are very user friendly so you can probably plug it in and hit the ground running but often that means you don’t end up using all the bits of your machine. So if you buy your machine from us, do your project and then decide you want to know a bit more about how to use all the features on your new best friend that’s fine-you can come back to us whenever – it’s what we are here for.