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Brother LB5000 Sewing and 4x4" Embroidery Machine

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AllBrands has Brother LB5000 Sewing and 4x4" Embroidery Machine on sale for $199.99 - $15 off with promo code JULY15 = $184.99. Shipping is free.

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Features:
  • 80 built-in designs and 9 fonts for lettering and monogramming
  • 103 sewing stitches including 10 styles of auto-size buttonholes
  • 3.7" Sew Smart color LCD touch screen display
  • 4" x 4" embroidery field with an included hoop, embroidery arm, and 7 sewing feet
  • Automatic needle threader

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  • About this Offer:
    • This is $94 lower (44% savings) than the next lowest price from a reputable merchant with prices starting from $279.
  • About this Product:
    • This is rated 4.6 out of 5 stars based on over 4000 ratings at Amazon.
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AllBrands has Brother LB5000 Sewing and 4x4" Embroidery Machine on sale for $199.99 - $15 off with promo code JULY15 = $184.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Community Member thaliagoo for finding this deal.

Features:
  • 80 built-in designs and 9 fonts for lettering and monogramming
  • 103 sewing stitches including 10 styles of auto-size buttonholes
  • 3.7" Sew Smart color LCD touch screen display
  • 4" x 4" embroidery field with an included hoop, embroidery arm, and 7 sewing feet
  • Automatic needle threader

Editor's Notes

Written by RazorConcepts
  • About this Offer:
    • This is $94 lower (44% savings) than the next lowest price from a reputable merchant with prices starting from $279.
  • About this Product:
    • This is rated 4.6 out of 5 stars based on over 4000 ratings at Amazon.
  • Refer to the forum thread for additional deal discussion.

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I'm very tempted by this but the top review that came up on Amazon has me holding off. I would mostly want to do my own custom designs. Definitely a good deal for those who are more focused on smaller and preprogrammed patterns.

That review: "FOR BEGINNERS ONLY

I've been using sewing machines for about 10 years, and wanted to branch out into custom embroidery. This machine is absolutely infuriating in everything it can't do for the price I paid. The touchscreen looks cool, but makes it hard to browse and select embroidery stitches. It doesn't have the Brother "My Custom Stitch" feature, so you can't make your own decorative stitches. THE SPOOL HOLDER DOESN'T HOLD BIG THREAD CONES, SO I HAD TO TAPE A PAINTBRUSH TO THE SIDE.

The embroidery frame is only 4x4 inches wide, which isn't much so you have to constantly move the frame if you want to embroider, say, a line of text. When it came out wrong, at first I thought I was just moving and positioning the fabric incorrectly. ACTUALLY, every time you type out a word in the machine, it positions it a little higher or lower every time depending on the letters, so even if you move the fabric perfectly laterally, the text still moves up or down (see the middle-left square in the second picture for the best example). Using the machine is easy, getting it to do what you want to do is the hard part.

For beginners, the machine's stickers and instructions will teach you how to do basic stuff like winding the bobbin and threading the needle. It can also embroider any of its pre-set designs with no problem. But if you're a more advanced beginner or intermediate sewer/embroiderer looking to make your own custom designs, I'd recommend splurging on a machine at a higher price point."

Review on Amazon: FOR BEGINNERS ONLY https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/revi...4KPAFR9Y9B
Well, the machine they want costs near $10K. They expected way too much from a $200 machine.

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I'm very tempted by this but the top review that came up on Amazon has me holding off. I would mostly want to do my own custom designs. Definitely a good deal for those who are more focused on smaller and preprogrammed patterns.

That review: "FOR BEGINNERS ONLY

I've been using sewing machines for about 10 years, and wanted to branch out into custom embroidery. This machine is absolutely infuriating in everything it can't do for the price I paid. The touchscreen looks cool, but makes it hard to browse and select embroidery stitches. It doesn't have the Brother "My Custom Stitch" feature, so you can't make your own decorative stitches. THE SPOOL HOLDER DOESN'T HOLD BIG THREAD CONES, SO I HAD TO TAPE A PAINTBRUSH TO THE SIDE.

The embroidery frame is only 4x4 inches wide, which isn't much so you have to constantly move the frame if you want to embroider, say, a line of text. When it came out wrong, at first I thought I was just moving and positioning the fabric incorrectly. ACTUALLY, every time you type out a word in the machine, it positions it a little higher or lower every time depending on the letters, so even if you move the fabric perfectly laterally, the text still moves up or down (see the middle-left square in the second picture for the best example). Using the machine is easy, getting it to do what you want to do is the hard part.

For beginners, the machine's stickers and instructions will teach you how to do basic stuff like winding the bobbin and threading the needle. It can also embroider any of its pre-set designs with no problem. But if you're a more advanced beginner or intermediate sewer/embroiderer looking to make your own custom designs, I'd recommend splurging on a machine at a higher price point."

Review on Amazon: FOR BEGINNERS ONLY https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/revi...4KPAFR9Y9B
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Quote from Formless :
I'm very tempted by this but the top review that came up on Amazon has me holding off. I would mostly want to do my own custom designs. Definitely a good deal for those who are more focused on smaller and preprogrammed patterns.

That review: "FOR BEGINNERS ONLY

I've been using sewing machines for about 10 years, and wanted to branch out into custom embroidery. This machine is absolutely infuriating in everything it can't do for the price I paid. The touchscreen looks cool, but makes it hard to browse and select embroidery stitches. It doesn't have the Brother "My Custom Stitch" feature, so you can't make your own decorative stitches. THE SPOOL HOLDER DOESN'T HOLD BIG THREAD CONES, SO I HAD TO TAPE A PAINTBRUSH TO THE SIDE.

The embroidery frame is only 4x4 inches wide, which isn't much so you have to constantly move the frame if you want to embroider, say, a line of text. When it came out wrong, at first I thought I was just moving and positioning the fabric incorrectly. ACTUALLY, every time you type out a word in the machine, it positions it a little higher or lower every time depending on the letters, so even if you move the fabric perfectly laterally, the text still moves up or down (see the middle-left square in the second picture for the best example). Using the machine is easy, getting it to do what you want to do is the hard part.

For beginners, the machine's stickers and instructions will teach you how to do basic stuff like winding the bobbin and threading the needle. It can also embroider any of its pre-set designs with no problem. But if you're a more advanced beginner or intermediate sewer/embroiderer looking to make your own custom designs, I'd recommend splurging on a machine at a higher price point."

Review on Amazon: FOR BEGINNERS ONLY https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/revi...4KPAFR9Y9B
Well, the machine they want costs near $10K. They expected way too much from a $200 machine.
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Does anyone have experience with this site?
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Quote from JcT1977 :
Well, the machine they want costs near $10K. They expected way too much from a $200 machine.
I have the marvel edition of this machine. I love it. Yes, the 4x4 frame is small but it suits my needs. I am able to make gifts for family and friends. If you are looking to open an Esty shop to sell you items, this is probably not the right machine, but for home crafter, this is an excellent sewing machine.
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I have multiple kids in private school with a uniform requirement, and the mandatory Lands End logo shirts are killing me. Would this thing be able to do a 2" wide by 1" high single color "bitmap" logo of the school's name? How hard is it to do basic cotton pique or performance polo shirts?
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Quote from DerProfi :
I have multiple kids in private school with a uniform requirement, and the mandatory Lands End logo shirts are killing me. Would this thing be able to do a 2" wide by 1" high single color "bitmap" logo of the school's name? How hard is it to do basic cotton pique or performance polo shirts?
Probably not what you are looking for.
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Does anyone have experience with this site?
I've done research and this is a legitimate business with an online and B&M presence.

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Probably not what you are looking for.
OK but could you explain why?
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I've done research and this is a legitimate business with an online and B&M presence.
Thanks I looked as well. Their B&M have decent reviews, so I went for it.
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You beat me to it. But basically yea, you need additional software if you want to do what you want to do. It's also just not that good at embroidery; look at the photos in the reviews. Sewing machines should be sewing machines and embroidery machines should be embroidery machines. This is one of those "jack of all trades, master of none" things.
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You can load this with .pes files that can be make with the Ink/Stitch plugin on Inkscape.

it's a bit (lot) of a learning curve, but yes, you can do custom embroidery with this. There is also a 'double width' frame that you can do two-shot to make a 4x6-ish (it's really 100mm x 150mm) embroideries.
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Quote from DerProfi :
I have multiple kids in private school with a uniform requirement, and the mandatory Lands End logo shirts are killing me. Would this thing be able to do a 2" wide by 1" high single color "bitmap" logo of the school's name? How hard is it to do basic cotton pique or performance polo shirts?
I disagree with the folks that say this isn't what you are looking for. It sounds like you just want something that would create an embroidered logo that looks like the one your kids' school requires. I think this machine would do that just fine.

Having said that, you would need to be prepared to practice with material that's similar to the polo shirts, spend money on decent embroidery thread, and know that you'll probably have several failed attempts in order to get it to all look right. I've got the SE400 and (not having seen the logo you're talking about) I think it could do the job. I wouldn't make them shirts to sell, and I know from experience that it takes a while to get it all to work smoothly, but for my own kids school attire I'd try it.

Feel free to DM me if you want to ask more

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Make sure to get a sewing kit to compete this.

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