I want to start taking orders from home — what should I actually look for in my first sewing machine?

ONSA's Answer

With everyday cotton, blouses and alterations as your main work, you don't need the machine with the most stitch options — you need one that's dependable and easy to get serviced near you in Hyderabad. It's easy to get talked into paying for features built for garments you may never actually make. Think about the machine in terms of your real workload and how often it'll run, not the spec sheet. If a shop lets you, test it on the actual fabrics you'll be working with before you commit — that tells you more than any brochure will.