deedum

I have the Janome 9500 mc, sewing/embrodiery machine.I love it, like you I have been bitten! Still learning here!

scowlkat

I recently sold my beloved Janome 10001 in order to upgrade and went with a Babylock Ellisimo - very expensive but hey, I'm worth it! - and just received my retirement funds. However will say I had only wonderful experience with my Janome! If you are looking at an embroidery only, the 300 or 350E by Janome are both wonderful. If you want to start out with a sewing/embroidery combo, check out the 10001. You can buy them used on ebay. Just realize that they are becoming outdated and will not be getting any new features added. However, for a beginner and the price, they are wonderful.

LeeAnn

I have a Brother 2500D, It's a wonderful machine but I've used it only a few times in the past year. I'm more into quilting than embroidery and will sell it. It sews also but I've never used it for that, only embroidery. I have a Bernina I use for sewing. It's a nice machine and I would recommend it to anyone. Mine costs $3,500 new. Brother makes a great machine.

quilter1

I love my Bernina 440 QE. I bought the embroidery attachment for it in the Spring and it does everything I need. It runs off my home PC, but for me that is no problem. Occasionally there is a little wait while the computer talks to the machine, but I am not in a hurry. It does beautiful embroidery. Welcome to the embroidery world, there is so much to discover.

ckcowl

i have the designer one (viking) the first year we all used the embroidery unit lots, but now i don't think i've done an embroidery with it in a year or more...the novelty seems to have worn off. once in awhile my daughter will need something for the girls embroidered and she will use it, but it is not a regular thing anymore. maybe at some point i will catch up with myself and decide to try something new and get back into it. i still have lots of embroidery threads.

zactanls

I have 2 embroidery/sewing machines - the babylock ellageo and the babylock ellure. The ellageo takes disks and everything is in color - but this was a very expensive machine at the time. The babylock ellure goes from the computer to the machine - it is not in color but for what I paid for it - at the time 1200.00. I use this all the time for sewing. I haven't done embroidery in a while but they both are great machines.

eimay

I have the Bernina 440 and the Janome 300. I never use my Bernina for embroidery ( I find it too time consuming to work from a p.c.). I love the Janome and use it daily. The neat thing with a separate embroidery machine is that you can embroider on it, and sew on your other machine.

mpspeedy

I recently purchased a Brother PE780D. I got it for less than $1000 as the shop will not be selling them when their stock is gone. I have owned a Bernina Deco 650 for almost 20 years. I have about worn it out. Both are stand alone embroidery machines. I like the seperate machines as they allow me to embroidery while I am sewing on my other machines. My Deco was a Brother patent so the software fits my new machine. I have thousands tied up in designs that I would not be able to use with any of the combination machines. This new machine uses the PES format cards and also a UBS stick. It also allows me to do bigger disigns than my older machine. There is a model that is a little less expensive but this one includes built in Disney desgins. My only regret is that the hoops and extra goodies I purchased over the years for the older machine don't fit the new one. Like everything else these days there is always new technology.
No wonder our land fills are full of good but no longer "in" technology.

craftmama

I have the Janome 350 for embroidery, and also upgraded to the Janome MB4 for larger projects. I love them both. Wouldn't change a thing.

kathy

well I have a Singer Futura CE 100, upgraded to a 200. It's a combo which to me is a waste because like everybody else, I'm sewing while it's embroidering, however when my other one went to the shop I did use this one for piecing and it was great. It works from your pc, takes almost any format and costs less than $500, the only thing I don't like is that 4X4 is the largest design I can do.