Singer 1512 Beginners Sewing Kit, 130 pieces

by Singer

• Singer 1512 Beginner's Sewing Kit contains all the basics for sewers and non-sewers alike.
• Makes a perfect traveling companion, or as a child's, "My first sewing kit," gift
• Kit includes a tomato pin cushion, tape measure, needle threader, marking pencils, sewing gauge, seam ripper, thimble, 8-inch bent trimmer scissors, polyester thread, hand needles and straight pins.
• Made in China
• All 130 pieces come in a reusable storage box measuring 8x7x1 inch.

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 1.5 x 7.1 x 8.1 inches ; 8.2 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000G6KFJY
• Item model number: 01512
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (124 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #32 in Arts, Crafts & Sewing (See Top 100 in Arts, Crafts & Sewing)
  • #1 in Arts, Crafts & Sewing > Sewing > Sewing Tools > Sewing Sets & Kits

Product Description

Singer 1512 Beginner's Sewing Kit contains all the basics for sewers and non-sewers alike. Makes a perfect traveling companion or as a child's "My first sewing kit" gift; everything you need to get started. This kit includes one each: tomato pin cushion; 60-inch tape measure; needle threader; blue marking pencil; white marking pencil; sewing gauge; seam ripper; thimble; 8-inch bent trimmer scissors; plus 11 spools of 100% polyester thread; 10 hand needles and 100 straight pins. All 130 pieces come in a reusable storage box measuring 8x7x1 inch. Made in China.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

36 of 38 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Decent Kit for Beginners November 6, 2011

By SAM

I bought this kit from a store, not Amazon and mine is in pink (I didn't even see a red one offered in the store). It's a decent little kit. The scissors that I got were excellent: At the cheap price of the kit, I was expecting to be disappointed by the scissors, but these cut very very well. The needles and pins seem to be nice (though I received several pins that were completely dull on the ends, therefore they were useless. Neither of the pencils in the kit would mark, which I didn't mind too much (having others) but if that's a selling point for you, I would reconsider.

Like others have said, the container that this comes in isn't very portable. I haven't had any trouble resealing it to store the items in but it's only a temporary solution for me: I will definitely be finding a different way to store these things. In no way would I advertise this as being in a "reusable storage box."

As for the thread, I can't comment. I purchased this kit mainly for the pins, needles, pin cushion, thimble, and scissors. I have been using different thread (not from the kit) for all of my projects and have been very pleased with the results. I would guess that the thread in this kit would be good enough to at least repair a button or mend something small. It may be better but from past sewing kit experience, I never hold high hopes for the included thread.

Overall, this is a decent little kit. It's best for beginners or for someone who just needs a few sewing basics for occasional use like mending or small hand-sewing projects.

29 of 32 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars No case and HOT PINK May 19, 2011

By Jonathan W. Brown

Amazon Verified Purchase

HUH. This is not quite what is described. It appears that the case it comes in is some sort of permanent holder, but it is not. Once you open it, the items EXPLODE and will not longer fit in nor stay in the package. Also - the one I received was HOT pink. I'm not a fan of the color to begin with and every single item in the package is hot pink. Not super masculine......

54 of 63 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars Poor Quality May 21, 2011

By Angela

Amazon Verified Purchase

I don't recommend this staff because the thread quality is too poor. I'm from China and I know what kind of quality you could get if you pay the same price in China. The thread is so easily being broken and it almost hard for me to do any sewing job except to add a missing button perhaps. I cannot return it because I already use some thread for sewing the missing buttons.