super sewing machines

[mickawes]

So I recently finished my first semester in Fashion Design, and realized that my pewter blue Kenmore mini wont cut it for the type of sewing I want to do (heavy denim, leather, melton wool, etc), and a Juki DDL8700 (what I use in school) is waaaay out of my budget.

So I beseech of you, my superbrothers to pass on your knowledge, experience, and favorite photos of your sewing machine of choice.

To get the ball rolling, heres yours truly, hard at work in class:

And my weak little bitch (with fullsize 500spm motor! wooo):