I had to take my (newest) machine in two weeks ago for minor
service repairs and cleaning. THANKFULLY it is not going to cost
me anything since I purchased and additional 3 yr warranty on it.

I won't have my machine back until April 1st or sometime around
that date.

Lynnie, are you talking about the Brother PE 770? I have one and love it. If you ever come to visit with Dotty, I'll be happy to let you play with it. I'm sure there are other machines with more bells and whistles, but this one has been a work horse for me and I use it professionally.

The one that emb only.
these two ma hines are are sooooo far apart.
The tajima is a work horsetoo. Its professional, so 10 hrs a day is normal work.
my prob is the computer part. To upgrade the emb software is bet $2000.00 & 2500.00 pluse the priceof a new computer and all the works.
the brother is sooo not what i want, but it does do a 5 x 7. I had a pc8500 brother, with nithing but problems. With the bro, i can download xesigns. The tajima is floppy disc, no memory stick, so id need a reader to transfer to the floppy. If that comp goes, running windows 95, im sol.what to do.

I have a babykock ellisimo embroidery machine,it is wonderful,but after i had bought it I woud rather have my longarm quilting machine back. so if anyone is intrested .

Can you PM me with the price and details? There's a small chance I'd be interested, if the price is right.

I have found that it STINKS to heck and back not having my
BEST machine here.

Sure will be glad to have it back again, but that is not supposed
to happen until the 1st.

HOPEFULLY I will have my sewing room finished with setting up
the new desk, organizing everything (or most of it I hope) and
ready to work.

Even though I have another embroidery machine I find that it just
isn't as much "fun" using it because it is so limited on what can be
done as far as editing, sizing, and placement of designs not to mention
the screen is MUCH smaller than on my 1500D machine.

Oh well I will just continue to work on the sewing & fabric rooms to get
ready to set up the new desk.

Quilty-Louise,
Show us pics when your room is done! HOpe your machine is ready before the 1st too!

I have a post started in the "Mission Organization" section
my post is called:
"Phase 1 of my mission to organize" there is pictures of the
new desk and of the bins of fabric I have.

Thanks Louise, I never really look at the other forums but will definitely look more closer next time!

I just wanted to post that secrets of embroidery (www.secrestof.com) has some sets for $1! (yes, sets!) until March 31. It's been a sale all month. There are some good ones there...some of you are looking for things that are cheap and unless it is free, you aren't going to find it any cheaper than this!

(no affiliation at all--just wanted to let my 'fellow qb-ers" know if they didn't know already!)

If you have a Singer Futura All In One machine the embroidery software extensions use all other brands extension. I purchased the SES 2000 at end of 2009 and it came with embroidery software which matches up with all other brands out there so it really doesn't matter what software you may purchase.

I'll pull it out tomorrow and try and post back all the different extensions and the program they use. I know the program but can never remember it. Its an expensive program if purchased by itself but when Singer contracted to use it they put it on all there Singer embroidery machines as I recall.

I have to admit in not yet using the machine much since I purchased it but that is all going to change in April I start taking embroidery lessons a couple times a month to learn how to make good use of it.

I see I made a mistake in my post above but it is too late to edit it. it is post nr. 1650 and the website is supposed to be www.secretsof.com and not what I wrote.

QUOTE=Krystyna;5942054]Lynnie, are you talking about the Brother PE 770? I have one and love it. If you ever come to visit with Dotty, I'll be happy to let you play with it. I'm sure there are other machines with more bells and whistles, but this one has been a work horse for me and I use it professionally.[/QUOTE]

My hubby got me the Brother PE 770 for my birthday last week and I am too scared to even plug it in. Any advice you can share would be so welcomed !![

Colleen, I felt the same way when my husband bought me a Babylock Sofia2. It sat in the box forever and a day. My advice - plug it in. Just do it. Find a little piece of cloth and some stabilizer and go play. There are lots of designs on the machine. When you're ready, I'm sure we'll be happy to share the site where you can get a zillion free designs.

I have that same machine, the tajima!!! I just got the upgrade and am learning a whole new area of embroidery!! it uses the dst format for the designs. Does yours require a floppy disk??

Singer Futura's have the COMPUCON software with sew and stitch and Studio Plus software in it.

It easily converts to various formats.

I just saw some adorable stuff that was stitched on burlap. Has anyone here ever tried this? I did a search on-line and found several helpful articles, but would love to hear about your personal experience with this. I have had my Brother PE780 for a couple of months now and am having loads of fun learning to use it. I want to make some bookmarks for the girls in my Bible study group which is about to disband for the summer and the burlap would make a great material for a bookmark.

Hello all! I found this on craigslist and am able to get it all for $500! Tell me what you think? Is it worth it? I have a 6500 for all my sewing, I want this from Embroidery....
http://myrtlebeach.craigslist.org/art/3702371502.html

Yes it is WELL worth the money.
The design discs alone could possibly be MORE than that.

Congrats on your new toy. Great find have fun

I would say yes, but I think it takes a memory card reader not a USB?????

I have a Baby Lock Ellure Plus and have been wondering how I can use the embroidery feature to quilt motifs. Has anyone done this? I am trying to determine if I can put quilt in loop or if I need to use some kind of foundation. I look forward to hearing about anyone's experience.

You are correct. The 9500, 9700 also do not take USB. That is why I am eying the new 9900.

I would offer300-400$ to see if they will take the offer. Depending on how old the machine actually is. It was around at least since 2004 if not prior. I saw new pricing for the 9000 at 1200$. Hey, money talks and they might take the offer. Worth asking.
Sandy

Lisa, if you're stuck with memory cards, you will be very limited, IMHO. If this is going to be your first embroidery machine, I'd hang onto that $500, add $200 to it and get a Brother PE770.

I have just bought an embroidery machine, Husqvarna Iris. I know it is one of the older machines but it was brand new in the box. never been opened. Neighbor bought it on one of her crazy shopping sprees. Any How, I am glad for this embroidery thread, as I have not even started any projects yet.

Questions: When you down load designs from the computer, What program do you use to open the file? I looked on the computer and there are so many that I am not sure where to start.

Can anybody recommend a reader/writer box? I need one to get designs, as my machine is an older model.

Do you know where I can buy embroidery cards for the Iris Machine, besides Ebay? I called my LQS and she said they would have to special order them for me. I also called Husqvarna directly and they said they don't sell them any more.

I will be following this thread closely, as I would like to make a quilt for my daughter for her 16 birthday.

I have a cheap (300 dollar) Brother embroidery machine. I bought Ped Basic for another $100. It came with a card and instructions for downloading.
I dont know if it will work for your machine as it says Brother on the box.
Research Ped Basic and see if they have it for other than Brother machines.

Does the 770 need that ped software they the smaller machine do???

I THINK it should only need the PED Basic card reader box and memory
cards IF your going to use the memory cards to retrieve the designs
from.

Since the 770 has USB you should be able to access your designs
from the USB.

However since neither of my Brother machines are the 770 I am
NOT an expert on that part. My older Brother machine NEEDS the
PED Basic card reader so that I can load the designs on the rewritable
memory cards to use on the machine.
My newer Brother has a cable to connect it directly to the computer
to access the designs.

Neither of them use USB.

I took a class where we did quilt in the hoop. Had to find a quilting pattern that fit the size of the block then hoop the quilt sandwich and go to it. I only did a baby quilt. Found the pattern on Emblibrary.com

I see that it has been recently serviced but from the looks of it it has been very well used. It also has a very small embroidery field. Taken from Janome's website: 3.5" x 5" Available embroidery field. If you have a 6500 for sewing I would buy a new 5x7 stand alone machine for embroidery. Just my opinion.

Does anyone have any experience with ordering a design from Urban Threads? I ordered a design from them earlier in the week, I think on Tuesday. For some reason I am unable to use the design. I have a Baby Lock machine and ordered a PES format. The design size is 9.?? x 5.??. I tried to use a hoop that is 11 x 7. My machine is telling me that I cannot use this hoop. I sent an email to their CS on Wed. still have not heard back from them. Does anyone else have any experience with them?

I have to agree with Krystyna, keep saving ad get a more recent machine. 500$ is a huge chunk for an old model and it would take the poster towards a more flexible, modern machine, even if a pre-owned one. These machines are computerized. While my 7 year old Janome 9700 is running like a top, I at least know the history of use since I am the original owner. Though, when the time comes to upgrade mine, maybe I could get more than 500$ for it.

Janome 10000 and 11000
 

Hi Karen,
I have a Janome 10000 too and the 11000 and I feel very fortunate to have both. While I embroider on one I piece on the other, getting exercise when changing colours for the embroidery. A win win situation I'd say! I think you will love your machine, and it has a high standard of stitch quality. I started with the MC70000 and have traded in up to the present day. They have been very reliable throughout. The only criticism/problem I have experienced is with the screw on the hoops. I have worn them out and had to replace them. The threads got worn and would not grip hard enough.
I wish you luck and look forward to seeing your projects.

Is your machine telling you you cannot use the hoop specifically? My first guess would be that the design was created in a later version of software and you might have to reformat it to an earlier version. For instance, a machine can read an older version of design than what was the version at the time it was manufactured...but cannot read a newer version. To explain further, my 2003 Brother ULT's will read all versions thru 5.06---but most .pes designs are now being created with version 6 or higher. So I have to reformat most of my designs. Could this possibly be the problem?

Oh, I should say...unless you are transferring designs to a PED Basic card....in which case it should read!

Yes, it is telling me I cannot use this hoop. The design is reading 8.60 x 4.63. The hoop size is 10.25 x 6.25. My machine is a Baby Lock Ellageo Plus. I think this may be an older design. I have never had to reformat a design as of yet. I have only had my machine a few months, and still fairly new to embroidery. Can you possibly tell me how to do this? Thanks for your help.

I went to the brother dealer yesterday and saw their PE780 which is the dealer version of the PE770. i have pretty much decided that is the way i should go. I did like it except their price was $999 on sale. I'll just have to push down this strong urge that I gotta buy a machine NOW... and save a few more $$$ and keep watching for the right sale.

Check ebay, you might get a machine a few hundred dollars cheaper.

I have a brand new machine but its worth a try! How do you reformat?

On overstock.com, the Brother PE 770 is $597. Sign up for their emails, and often there will be 7% or 10% discounts which really makes this more affordable. Even now, there is a coupon for $20 off a $150 purchase. Every little bit helps.