Janome Muffling Mat

I tried a towel, I tried a padded placemat. My serger still wanted to take off every time I used it... and forget leaving scissors or anything else on the table—they were diving to the floor before I remembered to grab 'em. Broke a beautiful pair of snips that way.A dedicated chunk of felt seemed silly but I gave it a try and it is *perfect.* What a shock absorber! Shakes are minimized. No more traveling machine. Scissors and pincushions don't jump off nearly as easily. And since there's a buffer between serger and table, the noise is cut in half as well.If you've got a budget for sewing notions, and your sewing machine or your serger is jumpy or noisy, make this your next "notion." Like poor lighting, machine rattle-and-shake is one of those things we put up with, when making it better would improve the overall sewing experience so much.

Very thick and very well made

I have a powerful sewing machine but it’s a bit older so it’s not nearly as quiet as newer models. With the vibration through my sewing table I swear sometimes sounds like a jackhammer. Also, I recently moved from a house to an apartment building. To top it off, I do most of my sewing late in the evening and into the night. I don’t know for sure that my neighbors could hear it but I didn’t want to take the chance that I was disturbing anyone. This mat exceeded my hopes for dampening vibration noise. I’m amazed at how much quieter it makes my sewing. Absolutely worth every penny.

OK

I bought this b/c I was getting a lot of vibration from my sewing machines and serger. My machines are: brother se400, singer 4423, and Juki mo644d. I’m only mentioning this b/c I know some of the nicer machines prob don’t vibrate as much and might have larger bases. The table I use is a lifetime 80161 (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003XW5G4W/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1). I was getting a lot of vibration when I increase my sewing speed from medium to full throttle. I found this pad and it did help with the vibration b/c now I can Sew at medium to medium fast without the machine flying off the table but I still can’t have my machines run full throttle. Overall, I’m happy the pad helped but it doesn’t get 5 stars b/c I still can’t use my machines at max speed.

Works great. I use folding table that is not very good and this pad cancelling noise and prevents vibration.

Excellent at muffling the sound

This wasn't as effective as I thought it would be. It does help somewhat, but my wool pressing mat does a better job of muffling the machine noise. This may be better suited for a sturdier table that does not vibrate when sewing.