You lucky girl......I think, more toys, the better......I wouldn,t sell....I would use what I have and be happy I have it....but of course, its what I would do....Good luck and happy stitching

I embroidered loralie girls they are 5x7 now I want to make a wall hanging out of them I did think about framing them in a different color of fabric , I even thought about making it wonky but don't know how to go about that as of yet. These gals are really cute

I'm planning the same thing! For a beloved neighbor of mine. She's a retired hair stylist and has a very unique sense of style. I'm going to use designs from several collections that I got with one of my machines, including the Wild Cat Women and Salon. There is a line of Loralie fabrics, I'll be using some for my wall hanging. I love Loralie designs!

Cari

I would keep it for awhile, as you get more into embrodiery you may find you will use it, I have a 9500 and just change the thread out one spool at a time. That maybe something for me to consider sometime.

I have a stand for my Ruby Deluxe and love it. It saves time when I change thread. Wasn't sure if I would like it, but I do. Wonder why I waited so long to get it.

Lovely quilts thanks for sharing

Thank you for the info

I guess I did not let you know I am so open to ideas I could use your help

I have an 11,000 SE Janome that I love, love ,love. I've made everything from whole quilts to small quilt labels. I just got it back from its yearly clean and lube visit. Never makes a misstep.

My plan is to use this pattern, http://www.maryquilts.com/twisted-happy-block-quilt/
adapting it for rectangles instead of squares. I've seen a picture of a Loralie quilt done this way. My LQS has some really cool Loralie fabrics that go with the embroidery designs.

Cari

newbee3, If you are talking about making the squares wonky but cutting them in different directions. Craftsy.com has some free classes and one of them did this. Not sure what all classes they have posted but you could check. Also, check you tube.

Yesterday I got to meet Loralie Harris of Loralie Designs. She is amazing, it was so much fun chatting with her and I even got a free design set from her.

Cari

Cari,
I love her designs! Lucky you to meet her and receive a design set!

You are a lucky lady times two (meeting her & a free design set)!!!

She's so nice, and seeing her talk about her creative process you can just tell she really loves what she does. And her new stuff(well all of her stuff) is so darn cute! I bought some stuff as well.

Cari

embroidery library emblibrary.com has an extensive group of tutorials showing how to embroider on diff. fabrics. I think it's what you're looking for. Jean

Hi Sheesh, I have the future and it will accept any of the extensions. I have never had any issues using any of them.

Hi all! I just purchased a Babylock Sophia 2. It arrived today. I am just taking a break from unpacking it. I cannot wait to start using it. Nice to meet you all.

I looked at the Sophia2 when looking for my first embroidery machine. It seemed like a very nice machine but I didn't need a combo machine. have fun getting to know your new baby!

Cari

I see this is an older thread but I wanted to ask someone out there about the Bernina 440 Embroidery Modules.
My mom gave me a 440, she won it a long while ago and the a year latter she won another one. So this machince is new but I'd like to add the embroidery module to it. I know that don't make it anymore so I'll have to buy it 2nd hand but I'm not sure what I'm looking for.

1 - what comes with it?
2- Is the software very good and has there been any updates to it?
3- are there anythings I should be looking for?

I have a 440E machine and I believe if you went to a Bernina dealer they would be able to get you a module. The software that comes with it may be version 5 or 6. If you have Windows 10 you would need to update to Version 8. As 5 and 6 will not work on Win 10. The software is good and easy to use though with the 440 everything is done from your computer.

I think I saw the embroidery unit for the 440 on eBay...,

Does anyone use the monster snap hoop with their embroidery machine?

I have decided to get an embroidery only machine, but it seems the choices are very limited. The Babylock spirit and Brother dreammaker are not available in Canada. The feature that really interested me was the positioning pen. Just curious if people really use it. The only other reasonable option is the Janome 500e. For those that have this machine, do you have trouble with hooping. I have a 4 x 4 now, and have my system, but I think a larger area will show mistakes in alignment more.

I have a Brother PE200, a Janome 200e, 350e, and bought the 500e in December. I love, love, love it! I don't find hooping with the large hoops much harder than the small hoops, but I use a frame made of rubber shelf liner for some of my hoops and the two largest hoops that come with the 500e have grip strips you put on the inside of the hoop to help keep the project tight. I also float thicker things like bath towels so hooping isn't an issue. Test drive the 500e at a dealer if you can and take the classes if offered. The built in software has better editing capabilities than older machines. It's a great machine.

Cari

I have 2 Singer embroidery machines and love them both.
They are much more reasonably priced than a lot of others
Huge hoop, 7 1/2 x 11 1/2, but you can split a design into 4 parts, so you can make a huge design if you want
You can use any design..you aren't locked into the brand that your machine is..they can read all of the design formats out there..where others only use designs in their formats
You can easily enlarge/reduce any design to get just the size you need for your project
Software is really easy to learn
Both of my machines came with a software bundle that allows me to make my own designs (digitize), and photostitch..converts pictures to a cross stitched design
You can use any font on your computer
Saved the best for last...the new machine that I have lets you pull the hoop off of the machine(to change a bobbin, for instance), and never gets out of line...even my older machine can get off, and it ruins the designs, this is a real plus...cannot say enough good things about the Singer machines!

My Viking has the largest hoop out there and I have just about everyone for my machine. I rarely use the 4x4 and have no problems hooping. Have you tried the Brother 3500, its a q series, it does Disney which is what I wanted and it has the positioning pen as well. It also has self setting tension (which my viking has as well) and I wouldn't trade this feature for anything. I won a stand alone Brother and traded it for the 3500.

I really love this thread, and have a terrible time finding it if there haven't been any recent replies. Not a very active thread due to the difficulty finding it, IMHO. Any thoughts???

Spliting desines???
 

I do agree with you so much....I am having difficulties to find it as well....I wanted to know if anyone that owns a Janome 350e figured it out hiw to split a design on it ???? Do I need a special hoop ??? The Giga hoop has bad reviews.... ....

Hi Donna.....I gave up on the Singer Machines long time ago....but I never had a singer embroudery machine....I was happy to read you are happy with it ..lits awesome that it can read any format, and can split a design into 4 and the cost is more reasnoble as well.....which machine model are yoy talking about ? I will try to look into it.....

I think it would be nice if everyone shared some of their embroidery projects. That would keep the thread open.

my last project
 

This is the last project I did for my dentist

Probably lots of great info contained within the 320 pages of this thread, but it is impractical...too large.

The buffalos are gorgeous, BeckyB!

Thank you sew much Sushi!!

Love the shirt BeckyB.

There is a great FB group that is all about embroidery that All-Stitch keeps up with. A great bunch of people for the most part :-) once in a while a troll slips in but over all great group. Lots of shared info for both business and private. https://www.facebook.com/groups/EmbroideryMachineHelp/ Happy Stitching

I have a Viking Designer 1 but use it mostly for piecing and a Babylock Ellegante for my embroidery. Both are 9+ years old but I'm not doing as much embroidery as I once did when I got them. Just picked up the magnetic 5x7 and 7 x 11 hoops for the Babylock. I embroider all my quilt labels making them into triangle shaped labels so I only have to hand sew one side down.

Pulled out one of my plastic totes I had stashed under the quilt frame and loe and behold I found embroidered stuff from 2004. 4 season blocks from Embroidery Library I decided to make into a wallhanging using my scraps (2.5 x 2.5) for the sashing between the blocks and a double row for the outer border. Also pulled out an old project from the Babylock website (2000) to make a welcome banner for my front porch. All waiting to be quilted. Here's some photos of them so far. The cats need one more design to make a wallhanging in my 1/2 bath plus I want to make a toilet seat cover with a cat design on both sides.

I know this is a quilting board but maybe there could be a section for embroidery pictures. That would help see what others are doing.

I used to post pictures of my projects but since I had switched to iPad and Mac,,I have no idea how to post pics.....I really think this is a wonderful board and I met really wonderful people in here...so sorry I had to drift apart because of switching.......