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Think of an electronic sewing machine as a computer armed with needle and thread. Or even as a robot. On its own the machine can recommend the proper presser foot, divine the right thread tension and stitch length, size and sew a buttonhole, and automatically cut the thread. You, humble human, get to pick the fabric.
"The machine almost talks to you and says, 'I can do this,'" says Lyn-Miriam Ingenito of Harrison, N.Y., one hobbyist we spoke with. The 56-year-old homemaker says she became hooked on sewing when she bought an electronic model.
Electronic machines are very different from older, mechanical models. The ones we tested, which range in price ...