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How I Came to Choose the Feiyue FYe355

I make bags. Webbing, foam-stabilised panels, layers of interfacing, and straight stitch through all of it. Last year I killed a domestic sewing machine on a set of interlined curtains, spent three months working out what to replace it with, and published Torque, Not Speed, which runs to nine thousand words and ends with a […]

Torque, Not Speed: How to Buy Your First Heavy Duty Sewing Machine

A black Jaguar SJ-34E Super Jeans heavy duty sewing machine photographed head-on against a black background, stitch selector dials on the right and the stitch chart printed across the base.

Note: this list is specific to 2026, and the machines and prices in it are what is sold in the EU and the UK. Nearly every guide to heavy duty machines leads with stitch counts and top speed. Neither has much to do with whether the machine gets through the hem of a lined, interlined […]

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