Originally Posted by
bigredharley
I just bought a cheapie Brother PE500. Haven't done much with it yet - had to get stabilizer, white fabric (although fabric shopping can't be called a chore LOL) and have started looking for great patterns to download. I specifically got the brother for Disney designs, and I knew they would be a little expensive, but all the other patterns I'm finding are expensive too - or really crappy. Any suggestions for where to get GOOD free downloads?
I have tons of designs; most of them free or close to it. go to oregonpatchworks.com. They represent lots of embroidery companies, some great estabished ones like Hatched in Africa plus lots of others like MollyMine, which is great as well. Plus they have some up and coming ones. You'll get an email each day/week that lets you know which companies have what on sale. I've gotten some great ITH designs from Oma's.
Go to emlibrary.com and sign up and make sure you include your birthday and you'll get special discounts the month of your birthday. They have free designs each month, lots of projects and tutorials on everything along with great specials. They have specials right now thru May 27th. I went to google one night and typed in free embroidery designs and was up all night finding new ones. There are some out there that are expensive but alot more that are cheap or free. Julias Needles and JuJu are also great ones too.