.....an embroidery machine!!!! I've thought about getting one for ages - mostly to do stuff for the Grandkids and Christmas (ornaments), but kept talking myself out of one 'cause of the price. Well, long story short, a friend asked me a couple of weeks ago if I wanted to buy her "old" Brother-150 emb.mach. [She just got a new, really fancy one] - price was cheap, so I bought it! It only does one spool of thread at a time, and is a PITA to change needles or remove the bobbin plate to clean (not enough room for a regular screwdriver ), BUT it looks like a fun thing to have...and she added two embroidery cards of designs that she had duplicates of. She brought it over a week ago, but I've been busy canning/freezing stuff from the garden, so I haven't had time to sit down with the manuel and try it.
Well, this morning I did my first embroidery project (a Thanksgiving turkey!!). It turned out really well and was easy-peasy to use, and now I think I'm hooked!!
Question - I know there's a "gadget" that you can hook into your computer and use to transfer downloaded internet designs on to a card to plug into the embroidery machine. In fact, there's two different "gadgets" ("boxes") - one is smaller/simpler? than the other and about half the price. Does ANYBODY out there use one of these & download embroidery designs? I'd love to get others' opinions on these. Seems like the "cards" with preloaded designs are a little pricey (and you get a bunch of designs, many of which you may NOT ever use. . . a waste of $$)
All assistance / opinions appreciated! My machine, a Brother150, uses .PES design format.
ME-Judy