Singer SINGER C7220

The C7220 is a Singer electronic machine with a metal interior frame and 200 built-in stitches, built for someone who already sews with some regularity. The stitch is chosen by pressing the matching button, with width and length preset but still adjustable, and the LCD screen shows the selected stitch and its settings.

Stitch width reaches 7 mm and length 4.5 mm. The buttonhole is sewn in a single step, in 8 different styles: you place the button in the dedicated foot and the machine sews the buttonhole already sized to fit. The needle threader is built into the machine body, the thread cutter is a button that trims top and bobbin threads without scissors, and the feed dogs drop with a lever for darning or free-motion work, useful for quilters. The presser foot snaps off without a screw.

It weighs 6.3 kg and runs on mains from 100 to 240 V. Thread tension stays manual, on a dial on top. It suits someone who wants more stitches and an automatic buttonhole than a basic mechanical offers, without looking for dual feed or the touchscreen of pricier electronics.