Brother PE - 150 help please

You need a card reader/writer AND the software that goes with it. Reader/writer boxes are available under a variety of brand-names, some of which are identical except for the nameplate.

Many of the designs you'll find are in formats other than Brother's ".PES" format. Conversion programs are readily available - one of the best and least expensive is Embird (which includes much more than conversion), for well under US$100.

Different reader/writer boxes for Brother include:

Brother's own PES2Card Amazing Designs (The Amazing Box) The Magic Box The Ultimate Box

Here's one of many links to a few of them

You will need to buy pe design software and card reader writer box or there are several other magic box types and a pes2-3 card which is good if you also have or intend to have other embroidery machines which use a different format. The machine reads pes format and anything you want to put on the machine will have to be in that format. I bought my pe design secondhand and worked up to the present v5. I found it cheaper than buying embroidery cards and it gives ultimate flexibility. Liz

Sadly, the cards are not the same as the compact flash cards. (I thought so too when I got my machine!) In my opinion, your best bet is to buy an Ultimate Box and one or two Ultimate cards. This will allow you to download designs from the internet onto the card. If you are content with embroidering the designs exactly as downloaded, this is all you need. If you want to resize a design, or combine a couple of designs, Embird (about $60) is a good program. I bought mine from Secrets of Embroidery. There are other add-ons for Embird that you can get into as you get experience.

Iris

Thank you so very much, your responses have indeed helped much. Gary