I make my doggies their clothes and I just use a Singer I bought at Wal Mart. It's a really simple model, but does different stitches. It's really simple and easy to use. I don't think sewing is hard at all. I just have trouble understanding pattern instructions, so I make my own. The instructions have so many "sewing" terms that I just didn't understand them. The ones I've bought seem to be geared for the very experienced and that I'm not.