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I've wanted a embroidery machine forever but never bit the bullet. Since it's back to school season, I was yearning to monogram my girls' backpacks and found this for a great deal. I actually bought from Sewing Machines Plus for $180 but it's OOS now. Found this deal for similar price.
$199 with $15 off with code JULY15 = $185
https://www.allbrands.com/product...4-embroide
Note this machine is 95% similar to Brother SE600 which is $450 on Amazon and this one has *more* features (9 monogram fonts vs 6 on the SE600).
Cheapest I've ever seen for an embroidery machine (the cheapest on SD was a Brother SE400 for $210 from 2017 which is lower model)
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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...4KPAFR9Y
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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...4KPAFR9Y
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...4KPAFR9Y
Well, the machine they want costs near $10K. They expected way too much from a $200 machine.
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Thanks I looked as well. Their B&M have decent reviews, so I went for it.
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.