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I went shopping on the weekend for an embroidery machine - not to buy to to compare for an article doing a comparasion on embroidery machines.

What is your favorite embroidery machine? Why do you like it? What features does it have?

What is the absolute worst embroidery machine you've used?


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My wife uses the Bernina 180 and the Bernina 185.
She has not used any others, but she has friends who use a variety of others. The long and the short of it, we think, is every machine has its good and bad points. The best advice is, find a good and helpful dealer, who gives excellent services and who the maintenance and repairs themselves by preference.
The machine you buy is the one the dealer sells.

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A friend who runs a sewing school has a variety of embroidery machines. She loves the Brother 2000. There is a newer version which she bought, but hated.

I know it depends on your personal needs and preferences, but it does everything she needs and more, without being too confusing. If I can get hold of her I will ask her for a more detailed explanation.

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Thank you - both of you. Not being a machine embroiderer myself, it can make this aspect of embroidery a little difficult for me to write articles on - so I rely on those who can to give me tips!


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I don't know if you still want an answer but I am new to this site I have 2 Embroidery Machines, & I love my Desiger 1 it is a husqvarna, because the bubbin thread cuts off fo ryou & you can put a new bobbin in the case with out taking off the hoop, & you can up grade it easy you don't have to buy a new machine just go to the site & down load thwe upgrade & in sert the disk into your sewing machine & done.. I have been embroideing for 15 years ,Happy embroidering Shrabar <img src="/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> [email]sewingsh[/email] @yahoo.com [color:"blue"] [/color]

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Wow, Shrabar! That sounds neat! In your 15 years doing machine embroidery you must have seen a lot of changes!

Funnily enough, my sewing machine is a 1960's Elna that was the top of the range then - and that also does embroidery stitches using cams for different patterns (at the time, they were amezing, but you look at them now and they are very simplistic). Still - it's amazing when you look at what was top technology then, compared to now.

Funnily enough, my machine is as old as me and it's still runnning perfectly with a service every year. Weighs a ton though, as it's all metal!


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I use Janome Customizer. This is good and not expensive machine. I sew a lot of patterns each day you can see the examples here
http://machine-embroidery-designs.us
http://cross-stitch-patterns.us

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Since I wrote a year ago, my wife has traded in her Bernina 185 for a Pfaff 2170. This is the top of the line Pfaff. Her main reason was a wider hoop. She finds the Bernina hoop a bit narrow. Paradoxically, the 180 has a wider hoop than the 185, 200 or the new Auroras. Those hoops are very nice to use, easy to hoop and all that, but she says too narrow. New machines with new features keep coming out. Singer does not have a good service in our state, otherwise she might have gone to Singer, their top of the line has some very neat features. I am not quite sure why she preferred the Pfaff to the Husqvarna, now owned by the same company by the way, price had to do with it. My daughter has bought the stand alone Janome and is happy with it. It all boils down to price and personal preference. Also find a dealer who gives good service, who not only services the machines him or her self, but who also understands the software. Then pick whatever brand they represent.

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I think you're right, fritsau. Embroidery machines are almost as complex as PC's now, so it's even more important that you find a technician that can not only handle the mechanical side, but also the electronics / IT.

I have a friend who's son is to start Uni next year, and he's going to do a Mechatronic Engineering degree, with the sole purpose of starting his own business servicing the new breed of high-end electronic sewing machines.


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I have a husqvarna vinking 1+ that I bought used and I love it. I got a lap top for it and thousands of designs. Someday I want the husqvarna Designer 1. When you deciede what kind you want I would go to ebay and get it. You can get new ones at half the price of stores. Dee

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