I have an embroidery module for the Bernina 440QE and have yet to use it.
Anyone out there who can share, I'd love it.

I have a Babylock Ellegante that is soon to come home. Just got it after Christmas. My other machines are Berninas and I also have another BL Embroidery machine that is an Esante ESE2.

My interest is in heirloom and vintage reproductions for dolls. I am a garment sewer, quilter, and general craft sewing. My interest in embroidery is the making of my handlooms and insertions for the French costumes I make for my reproduction dolls. I also like to make christening and dedication outfits for the little ones.

Me too(have the Brother). I really have enjoyed it too :D

I love my Brother ULT also. I would love to someday upgrade, but that won't be for awhile.

I am so anxious to get my new Ellegante. I know that it is such an investment to upgrade. This one is an updated machine, so it behaves like the new model.

I like to do my heirloom stuff, and plan to embroider my own handlooms and laces for my French sewing.

Brother is a great machine. I like their technology better than others on the market. Your ULT is a good machine.

I have a Brother ULT 2001 and have had it since 2001. I have made several quilts and absolutely love using it when I get a chance. I will post pics of quilts I have done when I get a chance

I believe the extension for all Singers is .xxx
I got the conversion software when I bought my XL-6000 that allows me to take any format and convert it. You might want to look into that.

OK - here are a couple of pictures of the Beatrix Potter Baby Quilt - with both windmill squares and machine embroideries. I am really pleased with LA quilter Nadine Pike in Purcelville, VA who did custom quilting for me. She found a MICE border fabric that is precious. My neice (who is expecting her 1st child) as a child, wanted a pet mouse for 3 years running for Christmas. Dumb Santa brought her stuffed ones! Hope you enjoy. This was really a labor of love!

I will do another post and add a couple of close-ups.

A couple more pics of the Beatrix Potter Baby (really twin coverlet size) quilt. I am just so pleased with the custom quilting done on this. Nadine Pike is really talented. Hope you enjoy these. There were a total of 20 embroidery designs (characters). Borders start with the green that is in sashing, then yellow, then pink, followed by blue binding. Gender of the new one is not known......we are really excited. Baby shower is next weekend, and is a surprise.

I have been reading the quilt forum a long while....have not posted anything, but I love machine embroidery. I have a BabyLock Ellego. My soft-wear is Designers Gallery and Pes is the format. If I knew how to post pictures I would. Love all the advice I get from all of you. Its the best part of the day when I can learn from all of you.

Hello, My name is Linda and I have an Ellgeo. I have had it about 6 years my dream is to get the BabyLock commercial home embrodery machine. I embroider everything. My time is limited so I have to pick what projects to do so usually it is something to do with embroidery. I have decorated my house in Embroidery Libary's salt box houses so I can do a Prim look. Of course it is also samplers etc. I have a Christmas quilt with the Toile 12 days of Christmas from EmLibary. If I knew how to post pictures I would. Help me out if you can with posting pics. :)

Hi i have an Babylock Elegante 2 , that i got about 6 months ago. I have taken some lessons and made a few items. My local dealer used to sell Pfaff and was going to buy another one to do embroidery, i have an 2056 for sewing that i like and a Grandquilter for quilting that i really love. He just left Pfaff dealership and went to Babylock and he talked me into buying this machine instead. He said that Babylock is simpler to understand and operate and I haven't have had any trouble doing so, for me 20 miles in the country makes simple what i want. He had planned on handling both lines of sewing machines, but that Pfaff isn't as good as it was orginately.

I absolutly love your quilt , The small quilting around the pictures is that a part of the embroidery pattern ? or was that what Nadine Pike did also. I made a quilt for my great granddaughter and the patterns were by stitchitize called mother goose and her goslings but in my hurry to give it to her I didn't take pictures. What or where did you get the designs for the beatrice potter designs. Carol in pa

THANKS...............started to respond, and must have hit a wrong button, so if this is a repeat, apologies......All of the stippling is from the LAQ, Nancine Pike. She took a pattern for a triangle of stippling and had it made into a frame for the embroideries.......The Beatrix Potter design pack is from Dakota Collectibles.......and the web site attached does have the collection of 20 designs.........

http://www.mrvacmrssew.com/Shop/cate...gns/index.html

Glad you liked it!

What type of extensions do you mean? I have a furtura and have added software. PM and we can chat.

Hi,
I have an Ellegante coming in a few more days. Cannot wait! I do heirloom and vintage reproduction doll costumes, as well as quilting and garment sewing.

The Babylock machines are wonderful. Only difference between them and Brother is the Disney designs that are built into Brother. The navigation and user friendliness Babylock offers is really what I am looking forward to. The Ellegante has alot of technology capability that will grow with advancing software and applications from the computer. This is why I bought my machine.

I currently have an older ESE2 Esante embroidery/sewing machine that I am trying to sell, and will probably sell a couple more vintage machines I have had forever, it seems.

You will love your Babylock! I got mine used, but it has all the upgrades that make it behave like the new Ellegante 2.

I have a Pfaff 2170 Thanks for sharing your pics I will try to send some later Ginny

The quilt is lovely! I just became a greatauntie to my 30th grands. She was born New Years Eve. Her name is Addie. Gotta go see her one of these days.

Thanks for sharing your pics of the quilt with us. I will try to get some of my stuff up for viewing here.

Hi,
I have a Kenmore 19005. I love it, but I have only played with it. Haven't actually made anything yet. I mean I have embroidered with it but not finished making anything with it. I don't have the clothsetter and, my software for some reason doesn't let me print a template. I have started a denim purse with a flower spray.

I started a pic of my friends car on a shirt..was going well until I was using metallic thread for the wheels..it kept braking so to pick up the lost stitches when I restarted I backed up..apparently to far covered the underneath stitches. I couldn't rip it out..considered appliquing over it. I was afraid that would be to heavy and look awkward.
I have used it to hem several pair of jeans and a couple pair of work pants.

Hi,

You will absolutely love your Elegante when you get it home, I have had mine for 8 months, it's the limited edition Elegante 2 that is signed by Nancy Zieman (impressive heh....LOL!). I sew, quilt, and embroider on it, does whatever I need to do and I love the features it has...especially the threading, so neat!
Be waiting to hear how you are doing with it!

Sure do love my Babylock machines!

Bev

Hi,

I use Designers Gallery.....learning more and more about it! I have an Elegante2 Babylock.
I also have the Palette with the card as I also have an Ellure and you need to use the card with that one....not computer compatible.
It's such fun, heh!

Bev

I have a Singer Futura CE-100 that my sister left to me when she passed away. I am not sure how old it is but I don't think it is over a year old yet.

I wrote to the singer company and they sent me an e-mail about the formats I could use and I would like to get some of the embroidery designs off web sites that I have looked at but don't know how to download them to my design library for my machine. Does anyone know how to do that. The singer company said that the formats xxx, pes and others that I can't remember right now would work. Could use some help if you don't mind. I would like to use the designs from the EMB Library. They are so cute.

fatcat

I, too, have a Husqvarna Viking, an SE LE, for the last 2 1/2 yrs.......I love it and have almost all the software that goes with it.........I've learned 'sew' much more from taking the classes and clubs (driving an hour each way)and would encourage you to do 'sew' and to also join the SOS program.........Happy Sewing.........Sewze

Thanks, Bev. I cannot wait to get my Ellegante home. I got a good deal on the upgrades so it behaves just like Ellegante 2.

I watch Nancy on PBS every Saturday. Yes, I like her stuff. I am not a digitizer, so the tech side is really important to know in terms of design transfer. With this new machine, I should really like the USB capability, and plan to get a hub to plug in a mouse and CD drive. Have some design CDs I could not use with my old Esante because I have the Vista, with 64 bit OS that would not work with the converter box. Will be nice to get to use those finally.

My thing is vintage reproduction sewing. I costume antique reproduction dolls. The new machine is going to make this a breeze! I plan to make my own laces, insertions, etc. for making these costumes. I also like garment, crafting, and home dec sewing that I think this new Ellegante will handle very well. I am a handquilter, but look forward to the machine embroidery and quilting in the hoop.

Just got my ESE2 sold, so will be preparing to send it to the new owner this next week. It is an excellent machine, too. Just could not keep 2 embroidery machines.

Thanks for your email. Yes, I promise to send pics and keep my sewing buddies updated on my progress.

Take care, Ronda


Hi,

You will absolutely love your Elegante when you get it home, I have had mine for 8 months, it's the limited edition Elegante 2 that is signed by Nancy Zieman (impressive heh....LOL!). I sew, quilt, and embroider on it, does whatever I need to do and I love the features it has...especially the threading, so neat!
Be waiting to hear how you are doing with it!

Sure do love my Babylock machines!

Bev[/quote]

Did she leave you a manual? If not you can do a search online for one or, order one from Singer. I would think after finding out the format, the next step would be to find out what kind of memory card it uses. Then whether that size fits your computer. Emb library has a tutorial to show you how to do this, in the Help maybe? Look the page over I am pretty sure they have a tutorial.
Hope that helps.

Sorry I meant a tutorial to show how to download.

I would email Babylock directly to ask how to download designs from PC to your Ellageo. It is not hard. You should have a PC connecting cord that plugs into your computer to your machine. Then choose the file to download from screen and click.

I think Emblibrary uses Embird program to show how to download.

Either way, contacting Babylock or your dealer would be helpful.

Let me know how you come out.

Thomas Sewing Center is where I got my Janome 11000 the lady that does the digitizing is great I am in her class right now . It is also my LQS My sister and I are doing 2 BOM right now
Billie

My 10000 that I gave my daugher had that problem it was the bobbin tension my husband is a sewing machine mechanic and she brought it to him and he adjusted the bobbin tension and she says it sews perfect now

I Have a Brothers Disney that only uses the 4x4. Bought the PED Basic in April. In Nov. I got a great deal on a Bernia Deco 330 that has the 5x7. Came with the older Magic Box. Wish I had bought the magic box instead of the Basic to begin with. You never know when you JUST MIGHT get a different machine and the magic box Reads and writes to 4 different size cards. Each machine uses a different size card. The PED only writes to 1. Love having both Machine.

I have a Brother PE-150, a Bernina Deco 600 and 650, all used in the classroom, and a Brother Innovis 4000D, which is my home machine. I have the PED Basic software and the Catalog It software for cataloging and previewing my designs. I'm taking a class at the sewing convention in Puyallup next month in how to quilt on the embroidery machine.

I never hear of the Catalog It software

Very Very nice work...you are one talented lady!!!

I got a Pfaff Creative Vision for my anniversary in Sept. I had used the machine at quilt shop for Betty Cotton classes and loved it. Have a Janome 4000 for doesn't do embroidery so I am really looking forward to learning that part. Got several disks for Christmas of kitties and roses so I need to finish my machine lessons. Had one scheduled but son called from college at 8:00 am informing us he was on the way to emergency surgery for appendix. Needless to say I missed the class. New schedule just came out so I'll find out when I can go. Also need to get sewing room cleaned out so there is a place for it to call home. Soon...

My Husband got me the Janome 11000 SE for our 41st Anniversary because he wanted a new 4 Wheeler but it was a great trade off

I have 2 Husqvarna Rose machines with the software. I love them! They are great workhorses when sewing, and the embroidery is so much fun and adds so much to my quilts! Someday when I win the lottery (which I don't play, lol!) I want the top of the line Viking.....

I had a machine given to me so I didn't get any of the classes teaching me how to use it. Janome 10001

I have a question about how you really hoop your fabric. Just the fabric and stabilizer or do you put batting in?

Anything else you want to teach me I'm a willing student.

Thanks in advance.

That would depend on what you were making. If you were embroidering you would not use batting. If you were embroidering quilt blocks, I wouuld think you would embroider the design first, then layer with backing and batting before quilting. Did you get a manual with it?

Good point about the manual. I did look at it when I first got it but I should go back and look at it again. Duh. Thanks.

you can go to the Janome web site I got a 10001 at a garage sale and it had all the books but not the software called easy transfer had to to to their web site to ask Jan and she sent me the disk so I could transfer direct to machine but I went on Ebay and got a Compact flash card and a PICMA I think what its called and it went in to my compter and when you put the card in the PICMA it plug in the card slot on the machine I loved that machine except didn;t have auto thread cutter I got the 11000 SE for my anniversary and gave the 10001 to daughter who loves it too