What is the best embroidery/sewing machine you can buy reasonably priced?
I am looking to sew together outfits, blankets, etc. I am also wanting to be able to embroider letters, names, and small characters (like disney, nickelodeon, etc.) I want to make my daughters clothes, and possibly open up a small business. What is one that is a reasonable price and somewhat easy to learn on? Thank you, serious answers only please!
As I stated on here, I was wanting to make my daughters clothes. I know that the disney and whatnot would have restrictions, and I could not resell them.
The best bargain is the Brother SE400 and just under $400. It is a combo (sewing or embroidery).
The Disney, Warner Brothers, Nickelodeon and select designers can be downloaded and used with this model.
The information will be with the machine. In fact, iBroidery is advertised on the side of the box the machine comes in. iBroidery at the Brother website is where you will find the downloads. There will also be a list of Brother models that accept the format .pen for Disney, etc.
All other designs for Brother embroidery machines will be the .pes format.
You will not be able to view downloaded designs on your PC without machine embroidery software.
Embird is the most economical program currently on the market – http://www.secretsof.com/content/1853
Before downloading (the Brother website also has many free, non-licensed designs you can download):
(1) Create a new folder on your PC and name it so you can easily find it.
(2) Choose the design you want to download and SAVE it to the folder.
(3) Most downloads are zipped (compressed for faster download time).
(4) Unzip/Open/Extract (depends on the wording of the Windows version being used) the design file.
(5) After testing the extracted file, rename if necessary for easy access and then delete the zipped file.
As far as selling items with copyright fabrics or designs – this can be done as long as the items are clearly advertised as "Not a licensed product". You do not want to sell, but when the garments you make are outgrown, you may want to put them in a yard sale.
Please feel free to email me if you have any questions.
1. Disney characters are restricted by a license agreement to certain Brother machines. I doubt you’d be allowed to sell anything with a Disney character embroidered on it.
2. I don’t have an embroidery machine (I prefer hand embroidery), but every friend I’ve got who bought a combination sewing/embroidery machine later went out and bought either an embroidery only machine or a sewing only machine. You’ve got to hang around while a design stitches out, and you can’t sew while the machine is embroidering.
3. As soon as you use a home machine for business purposes, you void the warranty. Machines bought for business use become a business expense that can be depreciated on your taxes.
4. General recommendation for beginner sewing machines: my answer here: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20111020035301AAowAnQ
References :
50 years of sewing
The best bargain is the Brother SE400 and just under $400. It is a combo (sewing or embroidery).
The Disney, Warner Brothers, Nickelodeon and select designers can be downloaded and used with this model.
The information will be with the machine. In fact, iBroidery is advertised on the side of the box the machine comes in. iBroidery at the Brother website is where you will find the downloads. There will also be a list of Brother models that accept the format .pen for Disney, etc.
All other designs for Brother embroidery machines will be the .pes format.
You will not be able to view downloaded designs on your PC without machine embroidery software.
Embird is the most economical program currently on the market – http://www.secretsof.com/content/1853
Before downloading (the Brother website also has many free, non-licensed designs you can download):
(1) Create a new folder on your PC and name it so you can easily find it.
(2) Choose the design you want to download and SAVE it to the folder.
(3) Most downloads are zipped (compressed for faster download time).
(4) Unzip/Open/Extract (depends on the wording of the Windows version being used) the design file.
(5) After testing the extracted file, rename if necessary for easy access and then delete the zipped file.
As far as selling items with copyright fabrics or designs – this can be done as long as the items are clearly advertised as "Not a licensed product". You do not want to sell, but when the garments you make are outgrown, you may want to put them in a yard sale.
Please feel free to email me if you have any questions.
References :