The Brother CS6000i really fits the bill in this case. Having said that, it also includes a nice variety of optional features which you can start to use when you feel ready. That, plus 60 different stitches, makes this sewing machine one of the best in all the reviews I’ve made for those new to sewing.
The Necchi 15 circa 1925
One of the first pre war Necchi models circa 1925. Based on the Singer model 15 the Necchi sold well all over Italy before slowly being exported world-wide.
The company started in Pavia, Italy at the end of The First World War in 1919 when Vittorio Necchi returned home from the war. Not sure what to do with the old family foundry he was inspired by his wife asking him for a sewing machine. The idea stuck and the foundry was altered to cast the first iron machines. Initially Vittorio copied the best selling machines of the time like the Singer model 15 but it was not long before his Italian flair took hold and unique Necchi machines started to roll out of the ever expanding factory in Pavia.
Necchi made many models always to the highest standards and pioneered many improvements to modern machines. Being an Italian machine naturally they had to make their sewing machines pretty to look at as well as useful. Necchi machines of the 1950 to the 1970's were the curviest of any sewing machine.
The sumptuous Sophia Loren dripping over her new Necchi
The gold medal winning Necchi Supernova was so far ahead of its time that it took the sewing world by storm on its release in the late 1950's. Even by today's standard it is impressive.
Necchi used the most beautiful women of the day to advertise their machines as we see here with a young Sophia Loren.
Sophia Loren 1959. With kind permission from Necchi Italy.
Later, the Necchi Mirella was so inspiring that it became one of the only sewing machine ever to be on permanent display at the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art in New York. It represents the highest aesthetic level a sewing machine has ever achieved.
