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Bernina 650 Deco Embroidery Machine Review

December 13, 2019 by David Allen Leave a Comment

An embroidery machine for the perfectionist

Embellishing with embroidery has never been lovelier or easier. Everything you want in embroidery — the alphabets, the colors, an incredible selection of designs and total control over placement — is here with the Bernina Deco 650 Embroidery Machine. And it’s so simple.

For professional polish, you can work with 50 built-in designs and hundreds of additional options from Bernina’s extensive design card library. You have 120 frame styles, including cross-stitch and blanket stitch. You can turn designs any way you like or mirror them for symmetric patterns and sew them in an area up to 4″ square. And for pure ease, the Bernina Deco 650 offers auto-centering, a bobbin sensor, easy threading, design tracking and an auto thread cutter, so you don’t even have to cut the thread.

Product Features: Bernina 650 Deco Embroidery Machine

Variety of Embroidery Designs

  • Exclusive Multicolor Designs
  • Preprogrammed Alphabet
  • Outline Frames
  • Extensive Embroidery Design Library

Easy to Use

  • Two Thread Stands
  • Thread Monitoring
  • User-friendly Threading System
  • Easy-to-read Display
  • Color Assistance and Stitch Tracking
  • Thread Color Number Suggestions

Versatile

  • Large Embroidery Area
  • Precise Layout Placement
  • 360° Design Rotation
  • Mirror Imaging
  • Customized Designs

Helpful Tools

  • Specially-designed Embroidery Foot
  • Standard Accessories
  • Optional Accessories

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Bernina Artista 180E Embroidery Machine Review

December 13, 2019 by David Allen Leave a Comment

Expanded embroidery capabilities plus 9mm decorative stitching

Imagine a sewing and embroidery machine you can make your very own. A machine that responds to your every creative whim. With a simple touch of the screen, all of your favorite stitches and functions and embroidery designs appear. In seconds, you’re ready to start on your project. Just imagine how easy it would be.

With Artista, it’s a reality. Advanced computerized features make it the most customizable sewing and embroidery system in the world. Now, sewing and embroidery are easier, quicker and more fun than you ever imagined possible.

The Artista 180E Embroidery Machine is the choice for the creative sewer and embroiderer. It features an expanded stitch library and the most versatile directional sewing system available. Just imagine all you can do.

Product Features: Bernina Artista 180E Embroidery Machine

Outstanding Embroidery

  • Rescale Embroidery Designs
  • On-Screen Editing

Best Embroidery Software

  • Editor
  • Auto Designer
  • Designer
  • Designer Plus

CPS Software for 180E

  • Simple Drag & Drop Software
  • Variety of Embroidery Designs
  • Hundreds of Decorative Stitches

Sewing Computer

  • Personalize Settings
  • Automatic Stitch Settings
  • Variety of Decorative Stitches

Easy to Use

  • Large Touch Screen
  • Superior Tension System
  • Free Hand Sewing System
  • Needle Up/Down with Foot Control
  • Creative Consultant

Completely Customizable

  • Setup Feature
  • Personal Program
  • Favorite Function Button

Superior Sewing Features

  • Precision Stitching
  • Infinitely Adjustable Satin Stitch

Creative Computer Functions

  • Mirror Image
  • Pattern Extend
  • Half Pattern
  • Pattern End
  • Long Stitch

Innovative Sewing Systems

  • Memory & Editing Features
  • 4-Directional Sewing
  • 16-Directional Sewing

Button Measuring System

  • On-Screen Button Measuring
  • Direct Entry

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Bernina Artista 185E Embroidery Machine Review

December 13, 2019 by David Allen Leave a Comment

Imagine a sewing machine that you can truly make your own – with all of your favorite stitches and functions available at the touch of a finger. Imagine a machine uniquely designed for the creative sewer. With the Artista 185E Embroidery Machine, it’s a reality.

The power of the machine’s extensive memory is literally at your fingertips with the LCD screen. Choose from nearly 600 stitches, measure buttons on-screen and completely customize the machine for the way you sew. Create perfect sideways motion stitches with the most versatile directional sewing system available. Use the convenient knee-activated Free Hand System (FHS) to lift the presser foot and lower the feed dog, so you can keep your hands on the fabric when guiding and pivoting.

With the optional 4MB embroidery module, you can enter the exciting world of Artista embroidery. Edit embroidery designs on screen. Stitch beautiful designs in no time at all. And discover the beauty of Bernina’s exclusive rescaling feature, which resizes your embroidery while retaining the integrity of the design. The Artista 185E. A world of imagination is waiting.

Product Features: Bernina Artista 185E Embroidery Machine

Sewing Computer

  • Altered Stitch Memory
  • Memory and Editing Features
  • Creative Functions
  • Setup Program
  • Personal Program
  • Favorite Function

Superior Sewing Features

  • Precision Stitching
  • Extensive Stitch Package
  • Variable Stitch Settings
  • 16-Directional Stitching
  • 4-Directional Stitching
  • Double Needle and
  • EXCLUSIVE! Wing Needle
  • Limitations
  • Ten Presser Feet
  • Accessory Case

Easy To Use

  • Large Touch Screen
  • Compact Fluorescent Light
  • Consistent Tension
  • Free Hand System – FHS
  • Auto Needle Threader
  • Automatic Thread Cutter
  • On-screen Button Measuring System
  • Creative Consultant
  • On-Screen Help
  • Tutorial

Optional Features

  • Optional Suitcase System
  • Optional Embroidery Module

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Bernina Artista 200E Embroidery Machine Review

December 13, 2019 by David Allen

Open yourself to a world of possibility with the Bernina Artista 200E Embroidery Machine. Now, if you can imagine it, you can create it, easier than ever before.

That’s because the Artista 200E is the first and only creative sewing system in the world that’s Microsoft® Windows® Powered. Touch its large, color screen and see how familiar, how intuitive this system really is. Everything is right where you want it, right where it should be. It’s so easy to learn and use, you will find yourself immersed in your creativity – rather than in your machine.

Because unlike other sewing machines, the Artista 200E is truly a sewing and embroidery system, with everything you need to open your world of imagination. From its precise stitching and CD-R drive, to its attachable embroidery module and the industry’s most powerful software, to its traveling suitcase and optional accessories, no other machine offers the creative sewer so much. Whether you want to create quilts, garments, home dec, crafts or gorgeous embroidery, this is the one sewing system that will inspire you for years to come.

Product Features: Bernina Artista 200E Embroidery Machine

Sewing Computer

  • Microsoft Windows®
  • USB Port
  • CD-ROM Drive
  • Optional Modem
  • Altered Stitch Memory
  • Stitch Combinations
  • History Stitches
  • Creative Functions
  • Setup Program
  • Favorite Function
  • Personal Program

Superior Sewing Features

  • Precision Stitching
  • Extensive Stitch Package
  • Variable Stitch Settings
  • 16-Directional Stitching
  • 4-Directional Stitching
  • Security Program
  • Ten Presser Feet
  • Portable Accessory Cases

Easy To Use

  • Color Touch Screen
  • Compact Fluorescent Light
  • Thread Tension
  • Free Hand System – FHS
  • Auto Needle Threader
  • Automatic Thread Cutter
  • Button Measuring System
  • Creative Consultant
  • On-Screen Help and Tutorial
  • Video Tutorial
  • Optional Suitcase System

Outstanding Embroidery

  • CD-ROM Drive
  • Re-SCALE Designs
  • On-Screen Editing
  • WordArt
  • Design Library
  • My Artista Portal
  • My Designs Folder
  • Custom Thread Charts
  • Optional Embroidery Software
  • Optional Mega Hoop

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Brother SE400 Review – Computerized Embroidery and Sewing Machine

December 7, 2019 by David Allen Leave a Comment

Brother SE 400 is one of the sewing machine that has more capability than manual sewing machines in general. Of course it can be said like that because of advanced technology into life with a computerized sewing machine. Combination embroidery and sewing machine sewing machine designed to make this choice for someone who likes to sew and do exploration with embroidery. The results really be proud of.

Imagine! With the ability of 67 built-in sewing stitches, 70 built-in embroidery designs, embroidery fonts 5 letters, 120 frame pattern combinations, and with 98 stitch functions can all be found on a sewing machine only. The Brother SE 400. The perfect machine for embroidery, sewing clothes you have on the same machine and the business of embroidery and decorations that you have.

As you are aware, there are lots of embroidery machines on the market, but there are few that are as good as the Brother SE400 when it comes to quality, features and even price.

The SE400 embroidery machine is easily one of the most versatile embroidery machines with the option for normal sewing as well as embroidery. One thing I really liked about the SE-400 is the ability to download updates to keep it running well, not only can it be updated, but you can import designs right into the machine.

The LCD touchscreen display lets you easily choose, control the design of your projects and even view tutorials right from the screen, making it one of the most advanced for it’s price.

The Brother SE400 is one of Brother’s combination sewing and 4×4 embroidery machines. As an embroidery machine, the Brother SE400 makes it easy for a hobbyist or an experienced seamstress to select and edit patterns using the backbit LCD touchscreen. There are 70 built-in embroidery designs, 5 monogramming fonts and 120 frame pattern combinations to choose from. As a sewing machine, it boasts of 67 built-in sewing stitches, 10 styles of one-step automatic buttonholes, and automatic features such as its threading system and thread cutter system.

The SE400 Brother Sewing Machine was designed to enable the user to create projects with a customized high-end look without having to break their budget to purchase it.

The SE400 is described as a very convenient sewing machine. The ease and convenience at which this machine operates is due to its easy bobbin winding system, its push button thread cutter, and its drop in top bobbin.

This brother sewing machine will definitely be easy on your eyes – the backlit touch screen is nice and bright and its automatic needle threader means that you no longer have to thread the needle yourself.

It’s also great for embroidery. It has a wide array of built-in designs, fonts, and frame patterns that make it ideal for crafting or for making personalized gifts. It will suit all of your needs if you need a machine to help you embroider clothing or towels.

If you are a budding fashion designer looking for a feature-rich yet affordable sewing machine then the Brother SE400 is definitely worth considering.

Brother SE400 Computerized Sewing and Embroidery Machine – Features and Specifications

  • Spacious 4″ X 4″ Embroidery Area / 4″ x 4″ embroidery hoop
  • 7 point feed dogs make it feed smoothly
  • Workspace lighting built in to light up the needle area, making it easier to see your stitching while working
  • Bobbin winding system makes it quickly prepare bobbins
  • Jam resistant, quick set up, top drop-in bobbin system
  • One touch thread cutter
  • 67 built in sewing stitches and 98 stitch functions
  • 70 built in embroidery decorative designs, 120 frame patterns and 5 lettering fonts come standard. (User can download heaps more)
  • Brother Sewing Machine SE400 weight: 24.1 pounds
  • On-screen reference guide
  • Memory card support
  • Advanced needle threading system
  • Push-button automatic thread cutter
  • Automatic presser foot pressure
  • Snap-on presser foot attachment
  • Easy to use LCD display with back-light.
  • Maximum stitch width: 5 mm and length: 7 mm
  • Brother sewing machine dimensions: 20.3 x 15 x 15.2 inches
  • You can connect it to your computer.
  • Comes with a 25-year limited warranty.
  • The best feature – Computerized functionality, makes loading, updating, customizing projects so simple.

The Positives

On to the positive reviews now and it is here that we find the general view for the value of this Brother sewing machine.

  • Computer connectivity allows you to enjoy a future engine updates and easy import and digitize embroidery designs directly from your computer. You can directly connect it to a computer with a connection that is located on the back of the sewing machine. So, you do not need to redesign the fabric, enough with the design that you have saved and prepared on the computer.
  • Features like automatic needle threading system allows you to not constantly pay attention to the location of needles on sewing machines generally are often shifted in the middle of the process of sewing.
  • And backlit LCD touch screen makes your eyes are not forced to work hard again to see the results of your work details. This is not always able to be found in other sewing machine. This also makes the Brother SE 400 seemed to be more different.
  • Quick-SetTM while drop-in coils on, easy-winding bobbin system and built-in push-button thread cutter adds a new level of comfort for sewing and embroidery craft. Easier for you to adjust the thread, save time to set the yarn, and minimize waste when you finish sewing thread.
  • With a given 25-year limited warranty, reducing the possible damage that occurs in this sewing machine.

The Negatives

Although the majority of the feedback for the Brother Sewing Machine has been very favorable, there still have been some negative reviews given for it.

  • One particular complaint that we saw quite frequently was about the machine not functioning correctly. Lots of customers have been unable to work it. Some reviewers have attributed this to the material getting tangled after getting fed down to the bobbin.
  • Brother SE 400 has less memory, only allows you to save up to 10 patterns in embroidery machine memory. But you don’t have to worry about it, you can save all of your design on your laptop with usb cable connected to the machine.
  • Other complaints that have been made about the product include that the needles can break, that it’s hard to get started using it, that the tension is bad, that it can be hard to thread, and that the built-in designs aren’t very good.

Basically, even though the reviews are generally favorable for this product there are also a lot of reasons that it has been criticized for.

Brother SE400 Review- Computerized Embroidery and Sewing Machine

Just like its precursor, the SE350, the Brother SE400 is a popular combination sewing and embroidery machine. 90% of the reviews were rave reviews, giving the product mostly 5 stars. There were people who had issues with it, but they were very few. The Brother SE400 got an overall rating of 4.5 stars out of 5 on Amazon, which is not at all bad as far as ratings go.

Almost everyone said he or she found the Brother SE400 very easy to use. Many of its automatic features made using it extremely convenient for both beginners and experienced tailors and seamstresses. As an example, we’re giving you a list of the conveniences that one reviewer enumerated. Said reviewer was more than satisfied with the product because of the many stitch options. According to her, the stitches were not at all difficult to adjust. She also said that the machine made embroidery a simple task. She still had more to learn about the embroidery function of the Brother SE400 at the time that she wrote the review, but she expressed confidence in the machine’s ability to guide her through the rest of the learning process. According to her, the manuals – the picture guides, written instructions and USB guide – were more than well-equipped to help her navigate her way around the Brother SE400 machine, containing clear and detailed instructions.

We gathered from most of the reviews that this combination sewing and embroidery machine is a smooth operator, executing straight, clean, professional-looking stitches. It’s also solid, durable and flexible, giving users numerous options. An example of these options is the choice between sewing with the presser foot or with a button. A significant number of users who reviewed the product apparently preferred the push-button option to the presser foot. We weren’t surprised to find that out since, based on most accounts, the push-button option made sewing a breeze.

We mentioned earlier that there were reviewers who had issues with the Brother SE400, in spite of its popularity and the seemingly general concensus that it is a topnotch sewing and embroidery machine. The very few (less than 1%) 1-star reviews were written by customers who assumably received defective parts or an overall defective product. It’s understandable, of course, that customers who get malfunctioning products aren’t satisfied customers.
Almost all of the abovementioned customers, though, seemed to have taken issue with the company’s customer service rather the product itself. Those who had the “pleasure” of contacting Brother’s customer support claimed that the staff were unfriendly “robots.”

The Brother SE400 itself, though, seems to be a nearly perfect product, in spite of Brother being a seemingly less-than-perfect company. We can’t ignore the 90% of customers who used the adjectives “excellent, great, awesome, best” and other variations of those superlatives to describe this combination sewing and embroidery machine. We therefore see it fit to recommend the Brother SE400 as a topnotch product; like one reviewer said, with this product, “You get a Cadillac for the price of a Pinto.”

The most prevalent compliment that we found for the product was for its user-friendly nature. Most customers have found that this sewing machine is very easy to use, which may be in part due to the instructional video that comes with it.

Other features of the Brother Sewing Machine that customers seem to love include the easy-to-use needle threader, the USB port that allows you to embroider designs from the Internet, the thread cutter that will cut your thread at the end of your design or between each letter, and its low price.

There is a great deal of features of this product that customers are satisfied with.

Quality

From my research I have not seen any real bad things said about the SE400, current owners have all praised the performance and quality exceptionally high for this type of product.

This is one of, if not the best selling embroidery machine available right now. 1000′s of real buyers on Amazon.com have rated it with a MASSIVE 4.5 stars out of 5.

Should you buy the Brother SE400?

If your having a hard time deciding which is best, then definetly try the se400, it’s great for beginners and advanced, full of “useful” features, the Brother brand is very well known, have a quality reputation and the Brother SE-400 will not let you down half way through your projects.

Conclusion

Brother SE 400 sewing machines not only with advanced technology multifunction worth you have, but also can help boost your economy through efficient business using this sewing machine, besides the price of Brother SE 400 is friendly with your personal economic condition of course.

Would we recommend the SE400 Brother Sewing Machine to our readers?
We are unsure, and here’s why: Generally the feedback has been very good for this product, and there are many customers who love using it. However, there have been just too many criticisms for different features of this product for us to confidently recommend it.

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Choosing the Right Embroidery Sewing Machine

December 7, 2019 by David Allen Leave a Comment

Embroidery sewing machine is as important as the sewing machine. It has specification for a neat decoration detail with a particular design. Embroidery often becomes a determinant of the cloth price because the more difficult an embroider level, the more expensive an item price. Embroidery sewing machine that facilitates diverse types of embroidery has experienced a remarkable metamorphosis. As evidence, at this point, it is very easy to find embroidery sewing machine to suit your needs. If you’re looking for the right embroidery sewing machine, it’s not complicated to know how many types of embroidery sewing machine.

There are three types of this embroidery sewing machines classified according to function and presence in the fashion world. The first is a mechanical sewing machine. This sewing machine has been known for hundreds of years ago. Usually, this sewing machines are used by the old people. It can do a few stitches but in limited number. Various works that can be made in this sewing machine type are the form of tablecloths, handkerchiefs, hand towels, scarfs, curtains, a blouse, antique blankets, and various pieces shaped like that.

The second type is an electronic sewing machine. Certainly when we compare it with the previous type, electronic sewing machines is easier to operate, lighter, and the resulting seam is also more varied. This sewing machine also provides more features that can be used to enhance the detail stitching. Because it is easier in the operation, then you can do your own designs which are diverse and not in a rigid form.

The third type is the type of art that is exist today. Computerized embroidery sewing machine is a machine that could be an excellent investment item. There is no doubt in speed, accuracy, and detail stitching of embroidery. A lot of ‘automatic bonuses’ include: display screen, multiple needle positions, mirror imaging, and more than hundreds of types of stitches. You can create a variety of stitches which are neat enough with the use a microprocessor through the laptop or computer. If you decide to start of embroidery business, then this machine is a priority to be recommended.

The conclusion, whatever machine you choose, you should adapt to your needs and budget. Find as much information, learn, and then buy it.

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