I started sewing on my mom's electric machine when I was about 6. Sewing machines aren't really all that complicated to learn to run, especially not straight-stitch only machines, or if you leave a more complex machine in "straight stitch" only, unti...
Wal-Mart for both sewing machines and sergers. They have machines that start out at like $97 and go up from there, they also have sergers that run around $150. They are good brands that do a good job, mostly Singer machines. My only suggestion is to ...
Serger or overlock machine. That's a fairly generous budget for most of the major brand machines, though they do go much higher than that. You'll find partisans for all brands, but I'd suggest you start with your local dealers, because they're the on...