I am an experienced seamstress. Some time back, I decided that I wanted to add to my bag of tricks and add "machine embroidery"!! Since I make items that I sell, I figured that if the embroidered items sold well, I could justify buying a commercial embroidery machine, right? But, in order to do that, I have to have something that will do embroidery in the first place...
Ummm. Can't just jump in with a commercial machine - they cost several thousand dollars (of course, I've since found out that so do some of the 'home' embroidery machines!!), and my business is quite small. So. I need a lower end unit to get started with, right? What to get?
I looked around, compared the end product, and decided to get a Brother embroidery machine. The local store had one on sale, what better?? I soon found out WHY the machine was on sale - Brother was discontinuing the model. OK, that's not a big deal. Sewing machine models are coming and going all the time, right? Well, yes and no.
I have since gone through 9 months of pure misery with Brother Corporation and my piece of garbage embroidery machine! It is so bad that I even put up a web-page about the entire mess:
Brother Sewing Machines where I lay it all out.
Personally, if anyone out there has one of these machines, and actually likes it, and can use it without trouble, please let me know! Because I think you would be the only one I've found!!
My Brother is the Disney embroidery monster. Since the plain sewing part doesn't work worth beans, I've been doing the embroidering. Every character I've tried has something wrong with it. Goofy missing half his face, Mickey only having one eye. The stiches have gaps in places and so the fabric shows through. So much went wrong with this machine in such short order, I knew it was a bright yellow lemon. Getting any satisfaction from Brother is out of the question. Now the warrenty is gone, and the only logical place for Brother Disney may be on YouTube. Wonder how Brother would like that?