I am just getting started never done anything before and I am wanting to buy a machine not spending a LOT of money do to appliques for my kids. I have been ordering offline and spending a lot of money out those outfits and want to be able to do my own but am totally clueless as to what machines do it and what to order. Those that you can download the applique off the internet to sew on shirt...i am clueless at this so HELP:)

I hav a singer that does do that but it was almost a $1000.0 welcome from michigan

Welcome to the board from Southern California!!!

Welcome!

Are you talking about applique (sewing pieces of fabric together so they look like a butterfly, and then sewing the whole thing onto a shirt)
or
embroidery (having a machine stitch the entire butterfly for you, either directly on a pair of jeans or a separate piece of fabric)?

The ones you can buy the deisgn offline the appliques and then put them out a outfit? Like this....

Hello and welcome from Minnesota!

Welcome to the board from MO. It sounds like you want embroidered appliques that you can sew on to dresses, etc..

If you have a emb machine, like the Janome 300 or 350, you can create your own appliques. You can get a 300 for much less than a $1,000, if you look around.

Lanny

Welcome to the board from MO. It sounds like you want embroidered appliques that you can sew on to dresses, etc..

If you have a emb machine, like the Janome 300 or 350, you can create your own appliques. You can get a 300 for much less than a $1,000, if you look around.

Lanny

Welcome from Ireland

Welcome from Western Australia! Most machines will have zig zag and other stitches for applique - doesn't have to be real fancy and doesn't have to be real expensive. Have a look around, and try out a few demo models to find one that you are comfortable with. You could also try looking at second hand machines, if they are in good condition you can get some real bargains. Make sure you try them out though.

Monica,
You'll probably get a much bigger response to your question if you created a new topic in the Main forum.
http://www.quiltingboard.com/s-1-1.htm

I don't do any embroidery but it looks like the image was imported to an embroidery machine, and then the satin stitch (and letters) were programmed to outline the fabric pieces that had been already applied (maybe fused) to the shirt. That's why they look so perfect. ;-)

Also, most machines have a max width of 5-5.5mm when it comes to a ss stitch. That looks wayyyy wider - like the high-end $$$ machines. But a less expensive (not cheap) embroidery machine could do the same thing.

So post in the Main forum, and hopefully we'll all learn some new things. ;-)

welome!

Hello, and welcome from Michigan!

Welcome from Michigan.:)

Hi from Ohio!

welcome from se TX

Hi from Natchez, Ms. You'll get the best advice here.

Hi there and welcome from Florida. Good luck with your search. :):):)

G'day from Australia

Welcome from San Gabriel, California

Hi Monica....welcome from Georgetown Texas! Watch garage sales and your local paper for a sewing machine. If it will straight stitch and zigzag, that is all you will need to get started. Applique is so much fun, especially for children. Good luck to you :-D

Welcome, waving from central Indiana, USA :) :)

I have a Brother 4000 that I bought from Wal-Mart for $129.00. It has 40 stitches on it, and it will easily do the applique that you are looking for. Once you find a machine that you like (as they said - try it out first if you can), then practice on scrap fabric. Practice makes perfect! You don't need an expensive machine to do that. I was doing it with my 30 year old machine (it died - so bought the Brother) You really only need a wide zigzag st, that you can turn into a satin st. (zigzags very close together) and some patience/practice.

Hello and Welcome to the board :D:D:D

These are done using an embroidery machine, they are sewn directly onto the clothing.

There are low end Brothers and Singers that will do this as well as higher end machines too :D

welcome and happy quilting from MN