Originally Posted by
Rose Marie
Embroidery is hard on a machine and takes time. I would get an embroidery only machine and a good regular machine.
My sewing machine is a Viking Sapphire and my embroidery machine is a Brother. I only wanted a cheap embroidery machine strickly for quilting so bought a three hundred dollar one with just a 4 in area for embroidery. It works fine but it would be nice to have one that could quilt blocks but it costs as much as a long arm.
I'm with you about sewing/embroidery machines. I also have Viking Sapphire and bought the Brother "cheapy" sewing/embroidery machine at Walmart and for the small projects I embroidery the 4X4 area works for me. I wasn't sure if I would do much embroidery and I don't do as much as I thought I would so saved myself big bucks!