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[QUOTE=Love angels;5144363]Wow what a great thread. I have been reading for hours now. hehehe I have learned so much. I have Brother SE400, have only done a few things on it. I love doing FSL I guess I am not motivated to play much because it is such a small emb. area. I really would love to get a machine with bigger embroidery area. I see several of you have purchased used machines. Do you go through your local dealer or private? If private what is a good way to make sure you are getting a good machine? With the expense I a
m kind of scared to go with a private seller. Thank you for this thread. It is a big help.[/QUOTE

I have the same machine and do not plan to go bigger. I bought mine on amazon for 310 dollars and it does a good job. the designs are big enough for me and a person can do continuos designs and a lot of different ideas for making a design look larger. i am not one to complain, but this machine does not have speed control button for embroidery but it does for regular sewing. no biggie i guess.

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joan

MrsM

Okay I have been following this thread and I am very confused as what machine is best. I want to invest in an embroidery machine but don't know where to start. Any sugguestions?? I don't was to to go over $500.

masimmons

I have a brother InvosD. I love the Disney aspect of it. I have not used it for a quilt, but find most of the embroidery goes to enhance children cloths and bedding.

Krystyna

Wow, what a difference!

Here's a question I have. A week or so ago my Brother PE-770 needle threader stopped working. I've done everything recommended. Needle up, foot down, but no luck. Got any ideas? She's not due for a tune up for a while, so I don't want to bring her in quite yet.

Freddie

I have the PE770 too. I use the needle threader occasionally, but most of the time it seems faster to do it manually. I put a narrow piece of white cardstock behind my needle opening, so I can see the hole better. (Of course not with white thread. On my Janome sewing machine the threader gave out right away, so I had no choice in the matter. Thank goodness my eyesight is not too bad. I am sorry, that I can't help you otherwise. I have e-mailed Brother before with a question and they have been very good answering me . Did you register your machine with them when you got it? If not, let me know and maybe I can do it for you.


Here's a question I have. A week or so ago my Brother PE-770 needle threader stopped working. I've done everything recommended. Needle up, foot down, but no luck. Got any ideas? She's not due for a tune up for a while, so I don't want to bring her in quite yet.[/QUOTE]

Krystyna

I did register the machine, but have no clue where to ask for help.

Quilty-Louise

Contact your local Brother dealer ask about warranty repairs.

As you know I have little higher end Brother model 1500D
5 weeks after bringing it home and 4 weeks after I started
using the machine my complete auto threader fell off right
in the middle of my embroidery project.

sylviak

How do you ask Patrice? Might we need a bigger concensus to get this done? (Getting our own space on the board like the Antique sewing machines, etc.)

Love angels

[QUOTE=jjmmhh;5150636]I need to find out how to do continuous designs. I have seen some designs done this way and they look great. I will have to take the time to google it or something. Maybe that would change my mind. I also would like to be able to right out names. to personalize gifts. Just need to spend more time playing and learning.

TanyaL

It's my understanding that the design has to be designed for continuous embroidering. I haven't found that many in the designs that I liked.