I have a Brother LB6770 Embroidery/sewing machine and have a few questions about applique’ and software.?
The machine only came with one pre-programmed applique’ design, I would like to by a memory card for the machine with alphabet applique’ embroidery designs and can only find one standard font that I am not interested in. The customer service at Brother told me that if I loaded applique’ designs on my blank memory card from my computer and put the memory card in my machine that it may not recognize it as being an applique’ and I would end up having to do it myself! Not what I wanted to hear. Furthermore, I am upset because I have an amazing Apple laptop which I love but is not compatible with my sewing machine software. I am stuck, and upset any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
I do not think you can even load designs from your MAC to a blank memory card due to everything machine embroidery being Windows based.
Preloaded memory cards can soon add up to the expense of purchasing additional software (Windows to be used via Boot Camp) or an inexpensive PC.
Once you have a method for reading Windows, you can purchase a reader/writer unit with a re-writable memory card for around $100 and forget the preloaded card.
I am guessing this would be $600 minimum for a PC and the reader/writer/card for machine embroidery. That’s about 8 preloaded cards.
PC – http://www.google.com/products/catalog?rlz=1T4TSHB_enUS260US260&q=toshiba+satellite&um=1&ie=UTF-8&cid=17423045610550159094&ei=ecdhTJT1HciUnQeg0r3NAQ&sa=X&oi=product_catalog_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CFMQ8wIwBA#
Reader/Writer/Card – http://www.amazon.com/Brother-PED-Basic-Software-Downloading-Embroidery/dp/B000GTNEEO
Once you can download and send to a memory card, there are thousands of designs (many free) that you can download from the Internet!
I do not think you can even load designs from your MAC to a blank memory card due to everything machine embroidery being Windows based.
Preloaded memory cards can soon add up to the expense of purchasing additional software (Windows to be used via Boot Camp) or an inexpensive PC.
Once you have a method for reading Windows, you can purchase a reader/writer unit with a re-writable memory card for around $100 and forget the preloaded card.
I am guessing this would be $600 minimum for a PC and the reader/writer/card for machine embroidery. That’s about 8 preloaded cards.
PC – http://www.google.com/products/catalog?rlz=1T4TSHB_enUS260US260&q=toshiba+satellite&um=1&ie=UTF-8&cid=17423045610550159094&ei=ecdhTJT1HciUnQeg0r3NAQ&sa=X&oi=product_catalog_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CFMQ8wIwBA#
Reader/Writer/Card – http://www.amazon.com/Brother-PED-Basic-Software-Downloading-Embroidery/dp/B000GTNEEO
Once you can download and send to a memory card, there are thousands of designs (many free) that you can download from the Internet!
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I"m not familiar with the Brother machine specifically, but there are several embroidery sites that sell designs for all brands — alphabets included. Check out: Embroidery.com and CactusPunch.com.
All you need to know is that file extension your machine reads. Examples include .art (Bernina) and .exp. For most machines you can either load the design on a memory stick or plug it directly into your laptop. Both sites can also answer any questions about how to use their designs.
Good luck!
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Do a search on the internet for free embroidery designs there are some really good ones out there. Brothers designs are formatted in the PES format. I am thinking how ever it would do you no good until you have contacted Mac or Apple and find out if their is a program that can make your sewing machine program work on a Mac. Either that ask someone you know who has windows computer if they would mind downloading some designs for you onto your blank memory card.
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THE PROBLEM IS THE OPERATING SYSTEM ON THE COMPUTER!
Machine embroidery software is not compatible with MAC!
Machine embroidery software is only compatible with WINDOWS!
It does not matter what brand of embroidery machine or machine embroidery software you have – IF YOU DO NOT HAVE Windows on the computer, they will not be compatible.
Only Boot Camp allows the installation of Windows on Apple computers.
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