The wife is occasionally hinting that an embroidery machine might be a nice gift (my fault ... I showed her some specs off eBay last year).
There seem to be many different levels of machine and capabilities (and communication methods) ...s o I was wondering if any of the extended CBN family have some experience with these toys? What to look for? What to avoid? What features are good and which sound good but never get used?
pete
it's a shame that common sense isn't
Pete
An Embroidery machine or a Serger? My wife wanted a Serger real bad, so a couple of years ago I got her one. She likes it better than the old sewing machine, and it gets better care and more use.
Steve
definitely an embroidery machine. I have already gotten her a pretty good serge and an excellant sewing machine .... she wants the "immediate gratification" of am embroidery machine
it's a shame that common sense isn't
Is this a commercial machine? When you say "embroidery", my brain keeps getting stuck on jackets, patches and hats. [img]/forums/images/icons/blush.gif[/img]
Steve
I'm sure she'd happily take a commercial unit, Steve ... but I was thinking more of one of the home units. They're usually used for clothes, tablecloths, etc, etc ... but you can get adapters for hats and they'll all do patches.
Commercial units are about 10k used while the most expensive home unit I've found so far (Viking Designer) is about 1/2 that new.
I think her first "wish" is to do some fancy stuff on our bike club vests ... but she does love to make stuff for her grandkids ...
pete
it's a shame that common sense isn't
WINGNUT, Home this isn't tooooooooooo late. A friend of mine bought his wife a top of the line Singer sewing machine. It has an LCD screen for a preview and comms with the machine. It has lots of built in fonts and patterns like teddy bears, hearts, and such. She personalized some towels for us by using a script font in gold to write our names on dark blue towels. She does a lot of stuff on her machines and has taken several classes to be able to use the features.
She did take first place in the doll competition at the state fair with her pair of ragedy Ann and Andy dolls which had embroidery on them.
If you want the model of the machine or anything, let me know. If I recall they got it on sale about 2-3 years ago for $1600.
Patrick
"I'm not from your planet, monkey boy!"
Pete
I don't think I've ever seen these machines, either advertised or in a store. If you get one, take a pic for me. [img]/forums/images/icons/smile.gif[/img]
Steve
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