Most of my sewing machines are "vintage" from rummage sales for 20.00 to free, I love the old ones!
Last year BF found one of the Brother SE350 for $189.00, when Walmart closed them out!
I am NOT good with computers and the puppy chewed the cord in half, so Rob had to fix it.
Last night I decided it HAD to get out of the box, and HOW FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NOT as scarry and intimidating as I thought!!!!!!!!! Mine isnt fancy, butthe letters are SO pretty, and nice, and I cant beleive how fun it is!
Did anyone else get this machine? I am sure I could bother you with qeustions, lol!

My husband bought me that same machine last year at Walmart. I love it.

i don't have that machine, but just wanted to warn you The machine embroidery is habit forming and you just can't find enough stuff to put names on beware. My name is Sherry Lea and I am a embroidery machine addict

I have a Brother 8500 D. Luckily it sews regular too or it wouldn't ever get used.
I don't even want to figure it out anymore. I paid $2,000 for it and would gladly sell it for $1,000.

I have a Babylock Ellageo that I haven't used much for embroidery due to bobbin thread jamming and illness. Now it's in the shop so I have hopes of getting to use the embroidery part of it soon. My daughter has a commercial Babylock embroidery machine and does some fantastic things with it.

I have the Singer Futura 150 embroidery machine and it is addicting. I just love it. I use it for embroidery and quilting. I can't wait to finish so I can embroider my label in a corner. I need to get my dd quilt back so I can label hers. Didn't think about it at the time.

SherryLea, it IS addicting! Played for hours last night on the machine!

Susan, is yours easy to use? Does it have lot f designs built in?

Oh, I LOVE machine embroidery! Believe me you will get hooked! I have 4 embroidery machines, all Vikings. I now am doing my quilting with them. What fun! Here are some pictures of some pictures I embroidered. The 2nd one is counted cross stitch

Wow, your work is just AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!! If I can only get HALF that good I would be proud !!!!!!!!!!

The thing is, you CAN be that good. It is the machine doing the work. I did all those pictures on Irish linen, with a good quality stabilizer. As I said on the other thread, the stabilizer is all important. Just don't scrimp on cheap thread and cheap supplies. It is amazing how long a spool of thread lasts.

Grann of 6, your work is gorgeous!!!!!!!
I'm looking for an embroidery machine as we speak. :D
All I need is ANOTHER addiction hahaha

I have a old ce100 singer futura very limited on size but I have had a great time w/it. But remember get a good stabilizer, and use good bobbin thread . Makes a world of difference.

I have a Janome 350E, and love the ease of using it. I love to make personalized tea towels and everyone's favorite is either Linus from Peanuts or Maxine. I have both Maxine cd's and there is never a dull moment. People complain about the cost of thread but most of the spools are 1100 yards and you don't use the thread like sewing thread. It is important to have a good bobbin thread and I got 4-10,000 yard spools for under $20 on ebay. Stabilizer is important to. I like using the precuts that again are purchased on ebay. I also like making my own quilt labels, they are very personal and you can embellish and enhance to your heart's content.

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this is perfect!!

I haven't even tried my embroidery yet, yet that is one of the reasons I bought a new machine. I've got the Janome 9700. I downloaded a bunch of free designs, but I can't get them to unzip. I never had problems unzipping downloads before, and this has me stumped. I've got Windows Vista, and my computer is only two years old. I need help!!

I have Windows XP and don't have any problems. The ones I have downloaded usually have a download ZIP or UNZIP. If I click UNZIP the WINZIP window opens and allows me to download them that way. I haven't done it in a few weeks so I hope my explanation was correct. Anyhow good luck.

I have to have my husband help me with this.