- Quickly hems pants, skirts, drapes, linens, with professional blind stitch
- Uses either standard spool or cone and standard sewing-machine needle
- Stitch depth and length adjustment; skip-stitch feature
- Slender free arm; sewing light; step-by-step instruction manual
- Warranties: 25 years on case, 10 on mechanical, 5 on electrical, 1 on labor
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Amazon.com Review
Weighing less than 10 pounds, this portable machine quickly hems pants, skirts, drapes, and linens with professional-quality blind (invisible) stitches. It threads easily with one spool of thread and uses a standard sewing-machine needle. There's a stitch depth and length adjustment, a skip-stitch feature, and adjustable thread tension. An electronic foot pedal provides smooth speed control, and a slender free arm and a sewing light contribute to the machine's ease for both accomplished and novice sewers. The machine uses either a standard spool or cone. It has a built-in carrying handle and comes with a step-by-step instruction manual. The Blind Hemmer carries warranties against defects: 25 years on the case, 10 years on mechanical parts, and 5 years on electrical parts. There's also a one-year labor warranty. --Fred Brack
Product Description
You'll marvel at how quickly you can lengthen, shorten, or replace hems in pants, skirts, coats, drapes, and linens with a professional finish not possible on conventional sewing machines. The Blind Hemmer produces a completely invisible hem using a standard easy-to-insert household sewing machine needle. It features slender free arm, dial adjustable stitch depth, dial adjustable stitch length with skip stitch, and a built-in light that illuminates the working area. Lightweight and portable. From Simplicity Sewing. 10 year limited warranty. .
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28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Blind Hemmer, How can you sew without it!,
By A Customer
This review is from: Simplicity BH600 The Blind Hemmer (Kitchen)
I have really enjoyed using my blind hemmer. It is very smooth, easy to operate. The learning curve is very minimal because it has one single function and that is to hem. You can hem a garment in no time flat. It is much better than the blind hem feature on most sewing machines.
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Thumbs up!,
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This review is from: Simplicity BH600 The Blind Hemmer (Kitchen)
I rate this machine very highly for what it is -- a light-use home blind hemming machine. It's not an industrial model meant to do miles of blind hems -- it's meant to be used hemming a few pairs of pants at a time. Given that, it works wonderfully.
One "knock" against this machine is that it uses a straight needle rather than a curved needle. The people who stress this knock tend to be those who own a curved needle machine! I don't see this as a minus -- it means I can share needles with regular sewing machines instead of laying in a stock of curved ones. Since the needle's straight, the BH-600 forces a slight "hump" in the fabric's hemline when you lock the machine in place ready to hem. Some feel this is a disadvantage -- I haven't found this to be the case. If you'd like to see some pictures of this machine in action, I have a photo-diary at [...] By the way, this machine is identical to the Babylock BL-101 -- they're the same machine.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
BH600 needs a better manual,
By ARO (Bethany Beach) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Simplicity BH600 The Blind Hemmer (Kitchen)
I would agree that the Simplicity BH600 does not take a long time to learn to use, but a better manual would really help. The instructions for threading are good, but not for other operational details. There are 3 knobs which can be adjusted to accommodate different fabrics, stitch length, depth, and thread tension. The manual tells you that much. However, it doesn't tell you what those things mean nor what the numbers mean or when you should turn the knobs which way.
Take stitch length, for instance. On my old Singer machine stitch length meant the number of stitches per inch, and measured the distance the feed dogs moved the fabric per stitch. Higher numbers meant smaller stitches. On my Janome, stitch length refers to the number of millimeters the fabric moves per stitch the needle makes. Smaller numbers mean smaller stitches. I have no clue what the "stitch length" means on the BH600 or what is measured. The total information given is "Variable stitch length to customize the stitch for every fabric weight." Not a clue concerning what is measured (interval between stitches? length of the stitch from the edge of the fabric?) or when you should turn the dial one way or the other. Nevertheless, its compact size is very important for those of us who only need a blindhemmer once every couple of weeks, it stores very neatly in the box it ships in, and it worked well right away on the lightweight cotton the machine was set up for. I'm just afraid that it will be a bear when I have to try to figure out those knobs by trial and error. One year later: I would take away some stars at this point. The tension system is not at all robust in this machine. Even though I do not use the machine heavily, with months going by without using it, the tension mechanisms are totally shot. It started giving trouble just before the warranty was done and I contacted a certified shop to see about getting the machine worked on. I was told that the spring is a little weak, just take it out and stretch it a little. I did and that worked for a while, but it is pretty worthless now. I supplement the spring with a washer my husband found that is the right size, but the plastic knob that holds the tensioner parts together is also cracking. I would also not buy another straight needle hemmer. The problem with the straight needle is that a bar lifts the fabric up just as the needle is about to pierce the fabric. This tends to pull light-weight fabrics out of alignment, making the hem a little crooked unless you really fight it. All in all, I would not buy this machine again nor recommend it. Pay a little more and get a machine that is more robust and will work better.
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