Originally Posted by Dyan
I bought a used Brother PE180 off of ebay (from Canada), It worked great, I had no lessons, but it only stitches 4x4. I used it for a few years then, I sold it to my sister who has embroidered lots and lots on it. I purchased a new Brother which stitches 5x7 with a USB to add designs, I love it... Easy to use, I am not a professional, just use it to embroider a name on quilts or burp rags.
I did the same with the Husq 800.00 machine...only did a 4x4 and within 4 mths I upgraded to the Husq SE combo embro/sewing machine which normally went for 7500 but I lucked out and got one from an "Open Stock" sale which was only used a few times in a show for 4500....So I really wasted 800 though I still use it but it's a dino compared to the SE which gets the most use because it does all diff sized embro's...So just make sure you don't do what I did...