The best sewing ... them we do. Using the instruction manual, our testers run strips of soft cotton, delicate satin, stretchy jersey and layers of thick denim through each sewing machine. We assess ...

“Mom had a soft spot for sewing machines,” Carrie Knapp, Bette Boellstorff’s daughter, said. “When she was growing up, she came from this family that knew how to make do out of nothin ...