Brother FS40S 40-Stitch Electronic Sewing Machine, White

I had a New Home sewing machine back in the early 80’s when I was a teenager, my lovely Aunt got me one when I started a dressmaking course at college. I’m in my 50’s now and that machine has finally bit the dust, so I decided to invest in a new machine. I didn’t need anything too fancy but a reliable machine that can sew most materials with a double needle and fully automatic buttonhole ability. This Brother machine ticked all the boxes for me, I also did a little research and this one came up well thought of in reviews and even a sewing club review. It has 40 stitch designs including overlocking an important stitch for many fabric edges. I’ve used it so far on making a skirt and for sewing pieces of my machine knitted garments, like this baby cardigan in my photo here. I really like the brightly lit screen showing me clearly what stitch number I’m using and even advises what presser foot to use. It’s smart too and won’t sew if you haven’t got the presser foot down. I love the automatic sewing without the foot pedal, a big advance in sewing machines, the light is good too, especially as an LED rather than a bulb. The sewing machine has lots of extra presser feet and very easy to put on and off (no fiddly screws) too. All in all I recommend this Brother sewing machine, it’s build though plastic feels sturdy yet light, my only criticism is Brother should supply it with a better cover, the one it comes with is flimsy, but I’ve bought a sewing machine bag from John Lewis (measure the machine before you buy one, sewing bags do vary in size). UPDATE ON NEEDLE THREADING I noticed someone ask about threading the needle on this sewing machine, honestly it’s really easy once you know how, you need a cheap plastic needle threader, I got two free when I purchased some thread from Amazon, see my photos to see what it is. I bent the fine metal part (that’s diamond shaped) down so I could hold it to thread the needle on the machine. Then hold the plastic bit of the needle threader and push the fine metal part through the eye of the needle from the BACK (that’s bits important) once pushed through take your thread and push it in between the metal diamond shape, hold the end of the thread and pull the needle threader backwards and out of the eye of the needle, it will pull the thread through the eye of the needle as it goes, keep pulling until it all through. See my photos to help you, once you know how easy it is you’ll do this every time easily. I hope this helps you.

Great machine . Had so many attachments and really good for stitching. Was good value since got it in the prime sale!! Even easy for an old dinosaur to use

I've been doing sewing classes and decided to buy my own machine, and did extensive research. I picked this one based on customer reviews, cost and the machine specifications itself. I would say that the manual is very confusing to read as it has instructions for different models on the same page (or maybe it's just me!). Don't be put off though as the machine comes with an instructional DVD. Or you can do what I did and watch FS40 model vids on YouTube on my phone. The other thing is that the slowest setting for the machine stitching is real slow. I use the middle or last as that it fast enough for me as a confident-ish beginner. I highly recommend this machine for beginners. You must be fairly comfortable with technology though or a manual machine may be a better fit for you. However you can always practice on it with scraps of cloth before sewing a garment to get used to it. I'm so bowled over by this machine. It sews so smoothly and the different types of stitching all look very professional. It's so easy to thread and it's beautiful. I can't believe I own something so good, that was not expensive for all that it does.

My wife wanted a new machine to replace a vintage hand-operated model she has, and this electric machine has been a revelation. She particularly likes the 40 stitch types, along with the seperate speed settings. She is re-learning some old skills and finds the push button settings a useful feature, and has even tried over-locking for the first time. Set up is reasonable, but perhaps in hindsight an automatic needle threader would have been a bonus. This machine does not have such a feature, but once you have carried out the set up a few times it soon becomes easier. The machine is not noisy in operation, and my wife finds that she is becoming much more confident even though she has so far only done a couple of projects. She finds the machine is quite intuitive now. This is a good machine, and despite having only a 40w motor it has coped with the materials she has so far used - even a heavy pair of denim jeans giving no trouble at all. You get a few different feet, needles and bobbins, along with a basic tool. The instruction pamphlet is reasonably clear, but care is required to begin with while reading it (some instructions relate to models with auto threading and so on and we found it easy to initially get side tracked). Certainly, we think this is a nice machine that is very suitable for a beginner, and copes well with more general duties as long as the materials used are not too heavy.

Very smart machine. I bought this as my old machine finally gave up on me. I have been using sewing machines for 20 years and am a fairly confident user, however wanting quality at an affordable price I chose this Brother Machine. I did have my reservations as I had seen other reviews saying the machine sounded clunky, or the light wasn't bright or that the machine struggles with thicker fabrics and materials. I found nine of them applied to me Easy threading, a great variation of styles of stitches, easy bobbin wind up. The quide was fairly easy to understand. I could only imagine those leaving lesser favourite reviews were not using the machine correctly as yes you are required to use different sewing feet and needles for different fabrics and have a play about with the tensio. Etc. The light is actually brighter than other machines I use and the choice of stitches are great for adding a little extra detail to your work. love it.

Love love love this sewing machine This is my first ever new machine I have always had second hand the last one was passed down or had to borrow one the last one the bobbin winder wouldn't turn so bought a separate winder that was ok then the machine jammed I have been sewing since I went to my secondary school at 12 yrs old then you got taught to sew back then young ones are missing out in this day and age I am now 72 yrs old and still sewing bits and pieces this machine has everything you need in a machine the best part is the needle threader as my eyesight is not what it used to be this machine has everything that you need in this brother fs4 also bought this bag because the cover was so flimsy

This was bought as am upgrade as I fancied an electronic sewing machine and I can honestly say it was the right decision. Its light enough to move easily but does everything I needed. A good choice of stitches and easy to thread either the automatic needle threader. A good selection of stitcher feet were supplied as well. Excellent value for money.

I bought this sewing machine to replace my old 25 year old Janome. After a few days of searching the internet and reading loads of reviews, I finally decided on this one. Although I do not sew so much anymore I wanted a machine that could sew stretchy fabric as well as heavy ones. The machine being electronic was an extra bonus. The sewing machine arrived within a few days. The DVD was very clear and after I watched it, I set it up and start sewing. Its very easy to tread and super easy to choose the stitches, it even tells you which foot to use. I tried various fabrics and the only time that I needed to adjust the tension was with denim. I also sew stretchy fabric, using the golden needle. I found the clear bobbin cover on the machine very good as you can easily see how much tread is on the bobbin. The only thing to get used to was that the machine still stitch a few stitches after you lift your foot from the control. I tried a few of the embroidery stitches as well and it worked wonderful, although I think its more for borders. The tension on these were perfect as well. Overall I am very impressed and happy with the sewing machine. I do not think it is a heavy duty machine, but for occasional sewing and mending, its perfect and I can recommend it.

Magnifique ! Facile d’utilisation même pour débutant ! Il y a des tuto d’utilisation .

Ya se han comentado muchas cosas sobre esta máquina y todas ellas buenas, por eso voy a hacer hincapié únicamente en los aspectos más relevantes. Cuenta con botón inicio/parada para coser pulsando ese botón y va de maravilla. Esto es útil si no quieres instalar el pedal. Ahorra espacio y enredos en el suelo, etc, es cuestión de gustos y costumbres. Tiene botón de "posición de aguja" que al terminar de coser lo pulsas y la aguja sube sin necesidad de girar la rueda hacia ti para moverla. También se puede programar para que al parar la costura la aguja acabe siempre arriba, pero esto es menos recomendable si coses siempre en curva o esquinas porque la aguja ya no te sujetaría la tela. Y por supuesto tiene botón de "reversa" para refuerzos. Se puede ajustar longitud de puntada y tension del hilo. Ofrece 40 puntadas, entre ellas básica, ojales, botones, cremallera, invisibles, remallado (sobrehilado bordes de tela). Trae 7 pies prensatela, para ojal, cremallera, botón, zig zag, sobrehilado, dobladillos invisibles y monogramas, todos ellos robustos y de gran calidad, de fácil colocación. En general es una máquina de uso sencillo, con DVD explicativo de las costuras básicas ya mencionadas en todos los idiomas (incluido español). Se comporta bien incluso en telas gruesas. La pantalla led te muestra longitud y ancho de puntada, nº de puntada elegida y la letra (J, G, N, R, M...) que identifica el pie prensatela que debes usar. Es imposible equivocarse! Tiene 3 velocidades muy útiles para aprender o bien para trabajar con presición telas gruesas o complicadas, reduciendo al mínimo el riesgo de rotura de agujas. Trae agujas varias y una twin o doble de 0.5 de separación de costura (es realmente pequeñita), más todos sus accesoris, descosedor, destornillador, cepillo y 4 bobinas de 2.1 * 1 cm de alto. Pesa algo mas de 6 kg, por lo que resulta robusta y firme pero de fácil traslado.

I bought this article for my wife (I am the amazon buyer in our home). Now she is using it since November 2016. She had till now experience with another famous american brand. She tried a couple of machines different models (not for professional use for sure and for a price < 400 euros). For this range of price, she is really impressed with Brother. She would buy it again.

Delle migliori tra la vasta gamma di macchine da cucire. Facile da usare e ha un utilissimo libretto con tutte le spiegazioni sull' utilizzo della macchina e su come sfruttare i vari punti di cucito. Ha parecchi accessori. Ottimo rapporto qualità prezzo! La consiglio ai principianti e non!

Très bien