Singer Quantum 9985 Sewing Machine Including Accessories

I don't leave reviews very often, but this is the best Sewing Machine I ever had - easy to work with and the possibilities for creativity are endless :-) I also must mention the customer service here - the experience can only be described as Outstanding. I haven't had such excellent customer service in a long time. 5+ stars

I bought this for the alphabet and numerals for my memory bears. It has so much more to offer than that. I'd contemplated buying for ages. So glad I finally did.

My wife loved it does everything she wanted

I bought the QS 9985 in 2017, but did not review it until now. It was a recent product by SINGER and needed time. It is an expensive machine - cost me almost £1000 in 2017! - but you do get what you pay for and even more. Two years on, it remains a reliable workhorse. It is powerful, has a very good motor, the full colour LCD touch screen is truly excellent and the menus are simple and intuitive to follow. It does all the basic stitches very well, plus 960 decorative stitches which it is capable of doing just as perfectly. The QS 9985 is a very capable sewing machine, it sews any fabric or material, motor noise is minimal, and it feels sturdy, very well built, top quality materials throughout. The needle assembly is all steel, sturdy and well built, it has good LED light right over the plate. Threading it is a breeze, filling a bobbin is as simple and foolproof as it can be. It comes with an excellent collection of presser feet and other accessories, all really excellent quality. Keep it clean and lint-free regularly, lubricate it when required and it should give you many, many years of service. I would not hesitate to recommend it very highly, and at this price bracket, it beats pretty much all other machines, in terms of features and quality. Finally a few "heads-up" words of advice: Do READ the manual that comes with the machine. Read it with plenty of time, paying attention to details that are relevant. It will save you time and frustration... For example, the machine MUST BE switched ON at the ON/OFF button and you must touch the screen next, at which point it calibrates itself, then and only then should you proceed to thread the machine. Another example: During the threading procedure, when you reach the needle, the machine has a very effective automatic method of inserting the thread in the needle. But you must remember to lift the presser foot, before actioning the lever that inserts the thread in the needle. If you try to do this with the presser foot down, it will not thread the needle. The machine is computerised and it tells you through the LCD TouchScreen, what presser foot you need to use for any given stitch. Always remember to match the stitch to the correct presser foot. Familiarise yourself with the SINGER QS 9985 and the more familiar you get, the more you fall in love with it. It is absolutely brilliant. You MUST keep the box, complete with the expanded polystyrene moulds. Make sure you do NOT discard the box. It is needed if you send the machine to SINGER for an annual service, for example. It must be posted to SINGER in its original box, enclosed in the protective moulds. Replace the needle at regular intervals and keep a variety of needles, in case you use certain threads that require a different needle. The SINGER QS 9985 can only use SINGER CLASS 15 BOBBINS! Be sure to get more of these and only these. All that said, go and buy one of these QS 9985. It is an excellent piece of engineering.

I love the look of this Singer sewing machine . I have been meaning to buy one for a while now and I’m so happy I bought it.

L'adoro! È molto semplice e robusta. Qualità prezzo ottimo. Ho fatto tanti lavoretti anche su tessuti grossi. La ricomprerei.

Muy bonita y funcional, le pondría menos 1 en carcasa de plástico y otro en el botón de cortar y medio en el ensartador, no es tan sencillo igual me hace falta más práctica... pero de ahí en fuera es una super maquina, me encantó

Die Nähmaschine ist absolut TOP. Schade nur, das keine deutsche Anleitung dabei ist. Diese wurde aber von Singer auf Anfrage sofort per EMail gesendet. Bin total begeisert.

This machine compares very favorably with the current Bernina 550, for a fraction of the price. Singer's touch screen is superior, as it is not only a color screen -- theirs isn't -- it is much clearer. There is no comparison in terms of the appearance of the two machines. This Singer is flat out gorgeous in person, and it's purple. Singer has really knocked it out of the park in terms of presentation with this one. The photos here do not begin to do it justice. I literally gasped when I pulled it out of the box. I do miss having a knee lifter on this machine, which my Singer 580 embroidery machine has, but the superb quality of the 9985 considering its low price is ample consolation. With 960 stitches, it blows the Bernina 550 right out of the water, as it has only 177. Of course it is the quality of the stitch that counts, and the Singer 9985 stitches as beautifully as any machine costing thousands more. I am working my way through the entire catalog of decorative stitches and functions, and have not found anything so far that is less than perfect. What is really unexpected in a machine at this price is the degree of precision you can bring to bear on your decorative stitches. Say you wish to place an outline of decorative arrows around a neckline facing or placket; you can figure out by stitching a sample how many arrows you are getting per inch, and program the machine to run a certain number of arrows and stop, so you can precisely pivot and turn or reproduce a certain line of stitching or whatever. The selection and editing of decorative stitches is simple and intuitive if you are used to doing anything with a computer. Not every stitch can be elongated or made wider to the same extent, but it is easy to tell what you can and cannot do once you see it on the screen. Considering this capability, you really have way more than the 960 stitches advertised. For best quality decorative stitching, I recommend using 40-wt rayon or polyester machine embroidery thread on top and good quality polyester sewing thread to match your item in the bobbin, and attach the transparent satin stitch foot. Tearaway or wash-away stabilizer under your project will make a world of difference. Many stitches can be flipped or rotated, so you could stitch a line of left-facing triangles next to a line of right-facing triangles, or run some lines of straight stitches in between for a cuff or something like that -- in other words, the creative design possibilities get crazy when you have these advanced editing capabilities, and the results are perfect because you can edit precisely where each stitch starts and stops. With this wide selection of stitches, even the simplest garment can be embellished with embroidery to make it look amazing. Stalking Pinterest and Instagram photos of embroidered garments has inspired me to combine multiple rows of decorative stitches with straight stitching around garment edges, repeating thread colors I've used in the embroidered motifs I've done on the Singer Quantum Futura 580 on the front, back, and sleeves. Built-in stitches did not seem to add much to fashion sewing for me in the past because in regular sewing thread, they can look pretty sad, but the options this machine offers combined with the wonderful threads widely available to machine embroiderers make fashion sewing exciting in a whole new way. The hand quilting-look stitch combined with the walking foot offers a feature usually found on only high-end machines. I was skeptical that a machine at this price point could produce a decent quilting stitch, but by following the directions in the manual and making the necessary tension adjustments, the result is quite impressive. The manual is pretty good. When I get a new machine, I usually go through the manual page by page and try every stitch, technique, and foot to learn as much as I can and make sure everything is functioning properly. Though I have not completed the learning process yet on this machine due to my eagerness to get to the fun stuff, I have read through the entire manual and it seems that everything I need to know is in there somewhere. The quilting section should not be construed as instruction in quiltmaking by any means, and it is kind of weird that they do not mention the even-feed foot until several pages later, and free-motion quilting and stippling should probably not be attempted based on the instructions here, though of course YouTube videos abound. I find Singer manuals maddening in that the English version is on the left-hand side of the page, with French and Spanish on the right. It would be much more efficient for all users if they would put each language in its own section. The small format of this manual means the print and illustrations are quite small. I'll be looking for the manual at the Singer site so I can read it on a device which enables me to zoom in. Speaking of instructions, I'd just like to point out that this uses size 15 bobbins, not 15J as the "customers also bought" copy above might indicate. The difference is slight but if you use the wrong bobbins, you will really mess up your shuttle race. When I selected this machine, I assumed it would use 15J bobbins just like my embroidery machine, which would be super convenient. Alas, that is not the case, and it is kind of a pain. You must use Singer brand bobbins, and not cheap copies, which are not the same size. This is kind of a pain, but it's worth it to me to have all these other awesome features I never expected to own. And did I say it's purple? The Singer 9985 is the perfect companion to my Singer 580 embroidery machine. I am super thrilled that I was able to get such a high quality machine with so many awesome stitches and features for such a low price, with free shipping. Not to be snarky, but a local dealer of the expensive brands does not carry this machine in her store, and I can guess why, though she offered to special order it for me, at the full list price. *snort* If I were trying to sell a comparable machine for almost $5,000, I would not want this one sitting next to it, either. Thanks, amazon!!

He esperado unos días para poder usarla varias veces antes de dar mi opinión pero es la mejor maquina de coser que he usado, cose de maravilla, es bastante silenciosa, es muy fácil de usar y en su pantalla táctil tienes pequeña explicaciones para poner la canilla, el carrete superior, etc, casi 1000 puntadas, y ademas cuando seleccionas 1 te sale una imagen de como cambia la puntada si varias el largo o el ancho de puntada y que prensatelas debes poner. Por poner una pega el precio es elevado pero reconozco que vale la pena pagarlo por este producto y la estética un puntazo es preciosa.