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Hi everyone I'm new to the group and just bought a Brother Disney embroidery machine rom ebay and waiting anxiously or it to arrive.Does anyone have this machine. I'm wondering where to find good prices on the design card and also are most card compatible with all machines. I'm very new to all of this and have lots of questions. I'm hoping to use this as a money making craft. Thanks for any help in advance oh and sorry for any typo"s I may have missed my keyboard and web tv have been a pain this morning. Linda

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libooth
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Hi Linda,

Congrats on the new machine, you will love it. I have a BabyLock Espree 2, and there are many similarities between the machines. When buying the embroidery cards, and using the designs to sell, REMEMBER to be aware of copyright laws. Some you can use that way, many you cannot. I would think Disney would never ever allow their designs to be stitched and sold without a license. I have a bakery, and we are not allowed to even draw anything on a cake that resembles a Disney character. The fines for doing this are pretty high. And yes, people get caught doing it all the time. Don't go there. But I did want to tell you that there are many brands of cards that would be compatible with your machine. One website to check out is AllBrands.com. And when you get your machine, learn your format, so that when you might order a card or two, you know exactly what version you are needing. Once opened they rarely allow you to return them. I have bought many and do a lot of embroidery that way. I don't have the time to look for designs online, many of which are freebies. So I buy cards that have great versatility, and I have learned how to use parts of this card, and parts of that card, creating a lot of different things. (I don't sell any of this stuff- just for enjoyment) Get a good book for beginners, read your machine's manual, learn all about stabilizers, and browse the internet. You have a lot to learn, but it is so much fun. It really does get addictive. Enjoy- Karen in NWPA

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Karen Antalek

Thanks Karen what great advice. I know about Disney and other copyrights.I will be careful.We live in a big 4H area and what I was hoping to sell would be 4H related . Lots of animals ,farm stuff that should be safe. I would use disney or my Grand kids.Can't wait to get my machine and get started.It sounds like I have alot o work ahead of me and hopefully some fun too. Where are you from? Couldn't figure out the initials! I'm from Conewango Valley N.Y. Very small country town. We have a feed mill, post office and a what not shop. Thanks again Linda

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libooth

saw snipped-for-privacy@webtv.net, Bless us ALL with:

Hi Linda, Welcome to our little corner of the Internet :-) Friendly as we are none of us (who know) will ever give out RL info in a post or in eMail when using these Groups... or _any_ online embroidery Froup for that matter. Too many sticknoses around these days, ones that have evil intent. Best way to have fun is:

  1. Read up on Security - "How to Information" posts in will help some.
  2. Practise what you read.
  3. Always read the NG before you post (anything) so you have a 'feeeeel' for the Group in knowing "who is who"

There are some tips to start with...enjoy :-)

lé.ÞeemÞ

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lé.ÞeemÞ

Just thought I'd put in my two cents(ha) I own a viking and a brother

6 threader. Still learnin how to use both machines. I work part time at a viking center inside a JoAnns and the best advise I have is that you get a card reader/writer for your machine. You can use this to download designs from the internet for from cd's to your machine. You need the card reader/writer and the program that goes with it to use on your computer. I agree with Karen, just be sure you check the copywrite laws. You can make things to give to family and friends but you can't sell ithese items. I'm having fun with my machines and getting to know others with machines. I like having a place to got to if I got questions and get some helpful hints. Since you asked where Karen lived, I'll tell you where I live. Aurora, Texas, Just above Ft. Worth. I'm a colorado girl. Raised there and would love to get back but son and wife are here as well as my new little granddaughter. So it looks like it's Texas for us. I live in the country but the city is coming full steam ahead. May need to consider moving a little further away to stay in the country. Nice talking to you: Cheryl
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Cheryl

Hi Linda,

We also live in the country, and have a 100 acre farm. I bought the embroidery card Brother # 42, which is all farm things, for a quilt I made for my grandson a few years ago. The fabric was all John Deere prints, but then in some of the solid fabrics I embroidered these farm images. I have also used it on a few jeans jackets for grandkids as well. You might just love that card. You can find these cards not only on the AllBrands website, but also by googling Brother embroidery cards too. I have ten grandkids, and one more due in late December, so lots of children to sew for:-) I live in Northwest PA, not sure how far that is from you. We are close to the NY border. Also a very small country town, but not far from interstates and bigger towns.

Karen

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Karen Antalek

I got my machine today and can see I have a lot of reading and studying to master this.Hope its not more than I can handle. Karen I'm about forty five minutes from Erie and about twenty five from Jamestown. Maybe we are neighbors! Linda

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libooth

Linda-- our kids went to school in Erie, both grade school and high school. So you cannot be too far from here:-) You are definitely this side of Buffalo.

You will love this machine, but yes, it does take time to learn it all. But each project is great fun, and should just open up all kinds of ideas for you. The possiblities of what to do next are just endless. My imagination tends to go from one thing to the next.

Karen

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Karen Antalek

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