While most machines still have exchangeable feet for different needs and special parts for sewing things like buttonholes, most domestics now have decorative stitches and their cams built in.

The one-step buttonhole feature is also super handy. The Brother CP100X Computerized Sewing and Quilting Machine is ideal for more advanced sewers who want to get into quilting. This model ...

My mother inherited a Singer machine from her mother, and she was constantly sewing—her own clothes ... and how to make bound and handmade buttonholes. These were early lessons in diligence ...