Brother ST150HDH Strong & Tough Sewing Machine, 50 Built-in Stitches, LCD Display, 9 Feet and SA5FTPKG 5 Foot Embellishment Pack Included

I purchased this machine from Walmart on 6/3/2020. I have used it 2 to 4 hours everyday. I love this machine. I think it is the perfect entry level machine. It is very easy to thread. Visually, it is an attractive machine. It is able to handle multiple layers of fabric, and sew over the thickest seams with ease. I have not had any issues with skipped stitches, or any tension problems. My stitches have been clean, and even; very professional looking. I have sewn through multiple layers of denim. I have also used this machine to sew through layers of thick cotton batting and thick tightly woven quilters cotton without any problems. The throat area is spacious. The electronic display panel is easy to read. Selecting the stitches has been easy and rather intuitive. I think this machine offers just enough basic and decorative stitches to get you through most everyday projects, and some special projects. I think of this machine as an economical work horse. I paid $299 through Amazon. That would be a reasonable price for a basic sewing machine. This machine is much better than a basic entry level sewing machine. Given the sturdiness and features, it would be a great buy at $499. This machine is able to handle most tasks that you throw at it. I am really impressed by this machine. What would I change: I would increase the area under presser foot and plate a little more, making the presser foot lift 1/2 inch higher. I was able to sew multiple layers of really thick fabric, but was limited by how much I could fit under the presser foot. I have no doubt this machine could have sewn through even more layers of fabric, but I could not squish any more fabric under the presser foot. When I forced too much fabric under the feed dog, the machine was still able to sew through the stack, but it was a very tight fit. I had to help the feed-dog move the fabric by slightly tugging on the fabric to help move it through the machine. All-in-All, I am incredibly happy with this machine. It really is strong and tough with enough bells and whistles to make it a really good choice for beginners, and intermediate level sewers.

It’s sleek and sturdy, well made with higher quality materials. I was so scared to buy this without seeing and touching in person but so far I’m in love with it. I have many sewing machines but most are vintage mechanical types. I needed a smaller computerized machine for digital stitch width regulation. Right out of the box I was impressed. It’s solid, the supplies are nice. The little storage compartment is well made and connects easily. The plastics on the machine feel “like the sturdier gel type” if that makes sense. Some plastics you can tell feel brittle and would break easily. THIS machines plastics feel more strong and solid without feeling brittle. It is so easy to change stitches, and it has gorgeous stitching. I’ve been piecing a quilt top with it and I’ve tried stitches 1, 2, and 15. They all work well. Some people complain about the locking function but it works exactly as it should as far as I can see. I think problems people have are user errors. For instance they say it auto locks at the beginning of a seam but not the end. Well how is a machine supposed to KNOW when you’re at the end unless you tell it. Simply stopping stitching won’t activate the auto locking, because you might just be adjusting or turning. You have to tap the reverse button at the end of the seam, and then it proceeds to do auto locking with no other input from you. It automatically start on powering it on, on stitch 01. That’s a left orientated straight stitch. But Brother allows you to program it to switch to starting at center position stitch number 02 very easily. Also it comes programmed to stop with the needle down in fabric, but just as easily, you can program it to stop with the needle up. Switching back on both is easy too. The soft cover is nice. They don’t specify so I expected a yucky plastic cover but it’s more fabric like similar to a fabric shower curtain liner. It’s light weight and will even slip over top of the stitch pattern card - which is also nice. I expected it to be flimsy plastic card, but it’s sturdy and thick. The bobbin winding on these brothers (the ones with the little gray circle at the base) is different and as far as I’m concerned, way better. Instead of having to stop after several rounds, to trim the top thread, you wrap it around a few times and then when it turns it cuts the thread tail for you and continues uninterrupted. Anyway, I researched for a couple months before buying this one. I was considering Janome and Eversewn both after narrowing it down to 3 different models. I contacted a sales person and was told that Eversewn is completely revamping their whole line in 2025 and that they’re not restocking any machines anywhere that sell out and have not even been producing, while waiting to produce the new models. So not knowing how that’s going to go, I wasn’t willing to risk the possibility of buying a new machine for it to be already discontinued. I could have chosen the Janome that had more stitches but though I have an amazing huge Janome machine that I love, I am not impressed with their lower end models. The plastic isn’t as nice though not as brittle feeling as Singer. But they’re accessory storage compartments are horribly designed on the lesser expensive models. You can’t open them from the top. You have to remove it, dump everything out to get what you need, and then repack it all to proceed. I feel like if you can’t be troubled to make the small details better, then I’ll just go with one who has a great attention to details. Brother and Janome are both VERY old and both VERY reputable companies. While Singer is both old and reputable, their new machines will not meet expectations as they’re not even owned or made by the same company - they’re only the same in name. They may as well be a new brand all together. I hope this review is helpful. I’ve tried to be thorough. One more thing I’ll add, I paid $50 more for mine ($299) than I could have paid if I’d bought and the green sewing store brand. It was on sale there for $249. But when you read their fine print at the other store, they do not take returns of opened sewing machines. Even damaged on delivery has to be taken up with the manufacturer. I wasn’t willing to risk that against Amazons excellent service practices and 30 day return policy on this.

I learned (still learning) how to sew on a cheap Kenmore and thought I just a really bad sewer. Turns out, the machine was just really bad. This “upgraded for me” Brother has been great so far! I love the speed control feature as it’s allowed me to have more control over my sewing, letting me really concentrate on accurate stitch alignment. The length of the outlet is also great! I don’t need to use an extension cord anymore. It comes with lots of different feet and tools to actually take care of your machine as well, something my Kenmore didn’t have. The instruction manual is very thorough and explains everything very well. I was very intimidated to use the machine at first, but the learning curve is not too bad once you get over the slight overwhelm, if you’re not used to a good quality machine. I hope to work on many sewing projects with this machine and that it lasts me a lifetime 🩷 Brother products!

En verdad me sorprendió, cose varias capas de tela, en especial la tela delgada ( forro japonés) ninguna arruga..el ojal muy hermosos, pesa 6 kilos..genial me gusta la marca brother y este modelo lo vale😍😍, sin olvidar el prensatelas para ojal ninguna marca lo tiene como este modelo de máquina, en velocidad es lenta por qué así son las máquinas de coser caseras, tengo un industrial, pero esta máquina es hermosa...solo un mal comentario es el conector, es demasiado sensible se puede safar fácilmente. Pero es casi perfecta😍😍

Je débute en couture et apres des semaines de recherches je me suis décidée à prendre cette machine. Elle est parfaite!!! Elle fait pas trop de bruit, les instructions pour l’enfiler son clair (j’ai reçu les intsrictions en fr en ang). Pour la couture elle est parfaite. Pour le moment rien à redire! Elle resistante et peut coudre sur des tissus plus lourd! Meme si je l’ai prise pour débuter semble que je pourrais la garder pour des années encoree! Premier projet couture terminée!

De las mejores inversiones, todas las puntadas tiene acabados de excelente calidad, es muy fácil de usar, el manual es muy claro y completo, tiene una gran variedad de accesorios, cose bien en diferentes groser de tela y texturas... La amo.

Llegó en excelente estado ami esposa le gustó mucho hace muy bien la puntadas y llegó mucho antes de lo dicho.