Aunt is looking for a Embroidery Machine ,What KIND ?

[SewnByBee]

Can you suggest a good, burt affordable machine for her. Her price is ,1000. Or less

I know some of you have Embroidery machines, I sure would appreciate a little help , please.
She wants one to keep busy over the winter.
Thanks
....Bee

[SewnByBee]

Re: Aunt is looking for a Embroidery Machine ,What KIND ?

Is there a must do list to get a good machine like this?

[Hulamoon]

Re: Aunt is looking for a Embroidery Machine ,What KIND ?

At least a 5x7 hoop

[FabStripper]

Re: Aunt is looking for a Embroidery Machine ,What KIND ?

Thread. And stabilizer and software. I agree at least a 5" x 7" hoop or she might outgrow quick.

[Hulamoon]

Re: Aunt is looking for a Embroidery Machine ,What KIND ?

Do you want a embroidery only machine? I would look into that too.

http://bestembroiderymachinecenter.com/

[Carlie Wolf]

Re: Aunt is looking for a Embroidery Machine ,What KIND ?

I have the Brother SE400 which is a 4x4 hoop which I'm very happy with for my purposes. If I could have gone higher in price and only needed embroidery, I'd have purchased the Brother PE770 with the 5x7 hoop and then gone with probably the Embrillance software. The other softwares seemed so expensive to me and apparently the Embrillance can do all or most of the same things. The Embrillance runs around $150 to 170 whereas the others go upwards of $400-500 and above. With a potential of $1000 you would have extra for threads, stabilizers etc. I'd get mostly tear away, some two sided adhesive and a smaller amount of wash away stabilizers. But that's "just me" LOL It's a lot of fun getting a new machine so enjoy the process :-)

[sleepydiver]

Re: Aunt is looking for a Embroidery Machine ,What KIND ?

I agree with Carlie. The Brother PE770 is a great embroidery only machine. Match it with Embrilliance software for 150.00 and you've got everyhting you need except thread and stabilizer- which you can get for a great price at threadart.com. they have really great prices on thread. You can usually get a starter kit that includes thread, the stand and stabilizer.

[SewnByBee]

Re: Aunt is looking for a Embroidery Machine ,What KIND ?

Oh, thanks for that, she might not realize to take these things into consideration.
I will make sure she knows. The price of all will rack up fast. Thank you........Bee

[TRLSRL72]

Re: Aunt is looking for a Embroidery Machine ,What KIND ?

My daughter has the Brother PE770 and she LOVES IT.

[bakermom]

Re: Aunt is looking for a Embroidery Machine ,What KIND ?

I'm partial to brother machines. Easy to use and reasonably priced. Now I haven't shopped for one in many years so I'm not up on current models, but get the largest hoop you can afford.

[Jean Sewing Machine]

Re: Aunt is looking for a Embroidery Machine ,What KIND ?

I'm on a FB embroidery site and many of the members use the Brother PE 770. In fact, many of them own multiples of that machine to keep their small home businesses producing. They seem to be quite popular.

[Carlie Wolf]

Re: Aunt is looking for a Embroidery Machine ,What KIND ?

While I'm thinking about it. If she is thinking of starting with the smaller machine and moving up a hoop size from a 4x4 to the 5x7 don't get confused. The SE400 Brother can't do more than a 4x4 design. It can't even though I believe there is a 5x7 hoop you can purchase for it for extra. So for the larger designs you have to go up in embroidery design size it needs to be the PE770 or something similar. Make sure she checks the design size a machine is capable of doing (not just the hoop size)

[Bubby]

Re: Aunt is looking for a Embroidery Machine ,What KIND ?

A color screen for viewing the designs in really helpful. I have one (in an older machine) that's not in color and it's hard to tell what's what. Also a 5x7 hoop or larger. Janome, Brother and Pfaff all have good reputations for embroidery.

[auntiemern]

Re: Aunt is looking for a Embroidery Machine ,What KIND ?

I recently purchased the PE770 and I love it. Love Embrilliance too, because you can use BX fonts, which allows you to use your pc keyboard to write with, instead of placing letters one at a time. You can also purchase a larger (5x12) repositional hoop.