The brother PE770 embroidery only machine was delivered yesterday. I would love to do my first design. I know that you need 90wt in the bobbin. What wt polyester embroidery thread do you use in the top? TIA for any kind of help with this machine!!

I thought the same thing but some wonderful QB friends told me the 90 wt thread is an option, not a requirement. So far, I've used 60 wt without any problem.

for the top thread, I've used 40 wt thread, so far. Coats & Clark even works.

Don't know if you have "found" all your answers! LOL Here is a great site to learn all about embroidering on different fabrics, what needle to use, what stabilizer to use, etc. www.embrlibrary.com I printed out the articles on put them in a binder to refer to.

Digitizing software is a whole other world. You can spend hours and hours learning it. I would suggest learning your machine first doing some built in designs or download from sites on internet. Get a feel for the different types of fabric, blank embroidery items, etc. That is a learning curve in itself.

Good luck...you will become addicted and want to embroider anything not nailed down in your house!!

I have the PE700II which is basically the same machine. Yours just has the USB option. I use 60 weight thread in mine. Was told by my service tech that it was better and less breakage. Use any "embroidery" thread. It will be labeled as such and is usually 40 wt. I use Mettler and Metro thread. I catch the Mettler on sale at Hancocks. MetroEM is the site to order the Metro thread. My machine LOVES it. It doesn't like the rayon much which is the Sulky brand. I use a "large eye" needles which cuts down on breakage. There are a little hard to find but they are out there. I had my dealer start carrying them!! I told him he was losing business not to do so! LOL

Hope this helps you a little. Post again if you have questions.

I would love to have a separate Embroidery section too! It's so frustrating to try to find this thread and there are so many pages to cull through. We could have separate post on treads, stabilizers, machines, tips, embroidery design websites, digitizing, etc. This is such a huge and diverse topic. I'm going to check out the other site mentioned, maybe it's time to spread my wings a bit.

Most regular embroidery thread is 40wt. Most machines aren't picky about the brand, it's mostly personal choice. I use Madeira. For small and/or real dense designs I use thinner 60wt thread. Yes, you can use 60wt bobbin thread with no problems. My BFF has the 770 and used to buy the 90wt prewounds but I talked her into buying a cone of bobbin thread(60wt) and she's had zero issues with it.
Everyone has their favorite threads, stabilizers, etc. and their favorite place to get it. When I got my first machine I bought everything I needed right then and there from my dealer, but quickly found much cheaper places online to buy supplies. Now I buy all my supplies from Walmart.com or allstitch.net. Walmart.com has so much more than what the store carries. That's where I buy my Pellon stabilizers, by the bolt when possible. Allstitch for everything else.

Cari

I'm planning to buy my first embroidery machine and need some help here! Hope to buy a mid range one about $2000-3000 that is a good machine for free motion quilting too. I would like to make monogrammed or personalized gifts with the machine. I stay in Singspore and may be limited in choices but there are retailers here selling Brother, Bernina & Janome. Does anyone have any suggestions?

I have a Brother 1500D which is a mid-range (about the price you're looking to spend).

It has an embroidery hoop field of 6x10 which is a good size, you can get the extension
table for the machine which gives you quite a large surface to help with FMQ and larger
projects.

Brother machines are the only machine I have any experience with, there are others
who will have Janome's, Bernina's, and other brands that are also good machines. So
be on the look out for advise from them.

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I have heard good things about all three BUT Good with one where you have access to the dealer and repairs....

If you have access to a dealer for all three, you should go and try them out. I have several Janomes and love them but others will say the same thing for the other two brands! Yes, dealer support is very, very important. Make sure there is someone on site who can do repairs and classes are a must too! I'm fortunate to have a first class dealer who is wonderful person as well. I must travel over 2 hours to get there but don't have to go often and he sells me accessories (at a good discount) by mail when I want them. There is a closer dealer but I didn't like how they said some bad things about other brands. But the three brands you're looking at are all very different. Personally, I did not care for the Brother machines, yet they have lots of bells and whistles and tons of fans. I liked Bernina but the machine I was most interested in had bobbins that cost $3 each. Ouch! So take your time and find the machine that's right for YOU. You need to find a machine and dealer that click with you. I had been prepared to buy a Brother, then a Bernina, but ended up with a Janome. As I said I have other Janome machines so it's a brand that I'm comfortable with.

New embroidery machine owner here. I just received the Brother PE 770 for my birthday. I was going to buy it in the Spring and go halves with DD, but she was sneaky and bought it for my birthday. I still have to get some supplies before I start up but I wanted to let you all know that this thread of conversation has really helped me understand the machine embroidery world (I skimmed the entire thread over a few days). Thanks to all who contribute.

I have had my Janome 10001 for several years and love it. Still learning it by trial and error. Yesterday I embroideried on burlap for the first time, used coats and clark all purpose thread.
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I am looking for some help with 5 D embroidery program anyone able to help me? I downloaded 6D that was free on the Pfaff web site, I already own 5D, this was to enable you to view the designs right on your computer without going through 5D viewer, works great, BUT now when I down load designs it does so as 6D and 5D will not open these designs/????

Did you download 6D organizer, pro, or the explorer. What you have is 5D organizer, if its the free program that came with the machine. Mine came with 4D orgainzer and then I bought 5D Pro, I took off the 4D just to make things easier on myself. Not sure where you are located but if you have a place close that does this they could help. My LQS is great with both machines and software. I have the 6D explorer but it doesn't affect how my designs open. Have you check either viking or phaff's website on the software to see if there are any tips to help you out

Romanojg, I have 5D and all of he modules, I down loaded 6D that was a free download and it was the viewer, so any designs I have in folders can be viewed without using the viewer in 5D. That is really nice, but seems to have confused 5D any designs I down load now have the 6D logo..... Will check Pafff web sie that is where I got it.....maybe I missed a step....

Maggie_Sue, it might say 6D but the file extension is still the same so you shouldn't have any problems using any of your designs. I know on Viking's web site they have two links at the bottom, one is trouble shooting if its software and the other is the machine. You could email them. My local store here is Bella's Fabric in Suffolk, VA. They have wonderful teachers and staff. You could always call them and tell them you want to talk to one of staff that's good with the 5D and 6D. The good thing is the file extension hasn't changed so you are still good. I have 5D Pro, I told them I wasn't upgrading to 6 until I felt I had learned enough from 5. Right now we are creating blocks in EQ7 and then digitizing them in 5 and 6D, I'm the only one with 5. I downloaded 6 and I get the logo too.

The 6D explorer allows you to set what attributes you see too, which is great. Check both machines websites out since they both have the same software.

Thank you romanojg, for that information. I just may try calling your store when I have a day off during the week. Seems like that would be very helpful.

i just got though making this for my end table. This is the first table runner that I have made with embroidery. Then I did free motion quilting with ruler first time.

I have a Brothers PE500 and I love it! 4x4 but it has been great for my first one. I have done quilt blocks, coasters, onesies, bibs, quilting and cup cozies. I love it! I will say after buying a CD of 35,000 patterns....I had to transfer to a thumb drive due to my new notebook doesn't have a DVD or CD drive on it! Seems the Windows 8.1 and newer computers have drop box and they don't have the drives anymore but I can still transfer the many FREE and paid for designs to my machine. Anyone else have a Brothers PE500?

It look great

I have the PE500 and have enjoyed it so much that I just ordered the next model up PE770. I wanted the larger hoop and ability to use a USB drive instead of having to take my laptop over to my machine. Hope it works out that way. Here are a few things I've done with mine:

Birthday Banner;Hair clips and clip holder (for DGD ... I sent her new clips every month); Heart appliques on quilt and pillow shams; Beach towel applique monograms; Tic-tac-toe game for DGD (in the hoop); Organza leaves (for DD for her birthday and then some for me); T-shirts (We were in Germany when they won the World Cup, but we couldn't find t-shirts, so I made some); Hooded baby towel (shower gift) and much more ....

Beautiful work ladies.
Physconurse I have to ask, why were you embroidering on burlap? It looks surprisingly attractive with the texture of it but I can't figure out where to use it. Very fancy winter rose bush covers :-) ?

Just to let anyone interested know. Craftsy now has a class on sale for using the 4x4 hoop but using larger designs. I have really large hoops but considering taking it because you just never know when you might need to know.

Thanks Judy for the Craftsy class info. When I go there, the price for the class is $39. Is there a sale price somewhere? Couldn't find it. Thanks!

Try this link. The email that I got last week said today but when you follow this link it stil shows 19.99
https://learn.craftsy.com/pub/cc?_ri...6zKBHVjCNaAyJI.

copy and paste the whole thing into your browser. I added it to my cart once I signed in and the price stayed at 19.99

labug, that is a nice table topper.

So I've been looking at embroidery designs on line and the two sewing machine designs I looked at show the back of the machine with the needle on the right side. Are there machines with needles on the right side? All the machines I have ever used had the needle on the left side.

I made a Christmas tag on burlap this year, I let the edges fray some..it was really cute. I used a design of two girls skating (my sister and I much younger!). She was pretty impressed!

What issues are you having in saving the designs to the programmable card (that goes into the Reader/Writer?) It's quite simple. I also have a Scandinavia 300 (bought in 2005) and have used it so-o-o much without any problems.

Crqltr, what a clever idea. I had not thought of gift tags on burlap. Oh no, something else to try!

You should be able to flip the design on your machine or the software you use, if I recall.
sandy

What does "free motion quilting with ruler" mean?

Christmas kept me extremely busy and after all of the festivities was was finally able to experiment with a couple of different digitizing program demos. I really liked the Embird, but discoverd it may be too advanced for me for right now. I am not only new to digitizing, but new to embroidery, quilting and sewing altogether (I never used a sewing machine before August 2014, LOL). I settled on Embrilliance Stitch Artist for its user interface and ease of use. Plus I found some educational YouTube videos that were very helpful and easy to follow. Overall, the Embrillance was a lot easier for me to use in the demo. I have already made a couple of simple designs using shapes, true type fonts and digitized some simple clip art type images swiped from the Internet for practice. Tonight I will work on my quilt label template. I know I have only scratched the surface and am looking forward to the fun and crafty road ahead. I have started a list of projects that I want to tackle so I will be busy all year and the next and the next and the next. 😊

Check out this video... http://youtu.be/Q2KqkrzjnZA

I bought my 1st embroidery machine back in 2000. Got the Viking 1+ but within a couple of days I knew I'd want more so went back and traded it in for the Designer 1 which I still have but use for piecing these days. Back when I used it for everything I bought most all the feet and the extra Megahoop. I love it for piecing as I can adjust the needle where I need it for the scant 1/4", etc. Later I picked up the Babylock Ellegeo but later traded it for the Ellegante which I still use when embroidery. Didn't go all the way with getting the extra feet as I wanted it basically for embroidery. Haven't done much embroidery these days except for quilt labels but have on my "Bucket List" a window design from BFC, even got their thread kit for the project. Now to just hunker down and do it.

I have made a couple embroidered quilts in the past and one table cloth........... embroidered with metallic threads around the flowers on black....designs by Tree Trunk. This was with the Designer 1 years ago.

I did pick up some tape from Nancy's Notion to attach to the hoops to help keep the fabric from slipping. Works like a charm. You put it where to the sections of the hoop meet. Comes on a roll so you can do all your hoops with it. Helps on those large hoops or when you're using thin fabrics.

WOW!! Absolutely beautiful ❤️

Good for you for tackling your new machine and software with such gusto Olectra. I have had my machine and software for a few years now and am always learning and finding more ideas to try.
Thanks for the ruler work link as well. I have just started working with rulers and really enjoy her videos.
Wow snooze, that is gorgeous work.!

Suz, I love your quilt. It is beautiful.

i just purchased the Brother PE500, i wanted it to make quilt labels mainly. Do I have to purchase special software to do this? I have the machine unboxed, bobbin in and threaded, now I am ready to make a label and I honestly dont know how. The book is not real user friendly. Any advice out there for a newbie to the world of embroidery.