The best sewing machines are workhorses that can do it all: mend holes on clothes, make fun costumes, piece together quilts and craft scrunchies, for starters. What’s more, they’re built to last.

where she taught attendees the basics of sewing and working with a sewing machine. Angie DePoe, of St. Joesph, Missouri, eyes her thread while practicing setting up her sewing machine during the ...