If you could have absolutely any embroidery machine you wanted, which would you buy?
As I said, I want a large field and compatibility with my PC and yes, I love Corel's s/w. Also, what kinds of stitches are available on the various embroidery machines, beyond the usual satin stitch and stuff that's been available in basic machines for a while? I'd like a broad range of stitches. How easy is it to tile embroidery designs larger than your field, or can you? For example, suppose I want something that is not a repeating pattern of, say, identical flowers along a border, but something like one picture of a dragon on the back of a modern blouse, that is several times as large as the machine's field? Can I tile/embroider the large dragon in several seamless sections, or not? The idea of a low-end commercial machine is tempting, but I don't know much about them other than that there is a kind I don't want, which has several embroidery heads that go along a length of fabric and essentially do stripes. I've bought commercial fabrics embroidered like that and they can be great, if the clothing pattern is carefully laid out on them. But with an embroidery machine I'd be looking to do designs on garment pieces that were customized to the garment shape. If I get a machine like the Viking designer, I already have an older non-embroidery Viking for sewing, and I am very happy with it for that purpose. As I said I don't want to make room for a lot of machines. On the other hand, is it often desirable to leave a partly-embroidered project sitting on the machine while you go do something else? If so I am wondering if it would be a good idea to also keep my old Viking so I have a machine free to sew with while an embroidery project is in process. I admit it, I'm also looking for ease of use, in terms of things like keeping track of multiple colors of threads, and BTW, I assume any given machine can only handle so many spools at a time and that is a consideration? But anyway, I don't want to stop the machine every few minutes to cut threads or change spools. My fantasy is to thread the machine, set it up to do the design, and then pretty much leave it alone till it finishes, as far as is feasible. Fran Lavolta Press http://www.lavoltapress.com Monie wrote: > I own the Viking Designer SE, I love it so if you have the cash? I would > Most assuredly state pick it, but also? Since you were mentioning a larger > field for embroidery? The newest Pfaff you should look at because at the > moment it has the largest field. > > I went to several stores to play with the machines, once they see you are > doing this not to 'play' but to see which machine is right for you? > Typically they allow you to stitch out a design. > > Also? When speaking of embroidery machines it is more the program that you > have that will also achieve results. If you are into or know Coreldraw, > there is an embroidery machine version. Also Pfaff and Husqvarna have their > new program 4D which is very fun I am working with it, as well as > Generations and well I bet a bunch more. > > So you don't have to get the TOP end machine, you can still get awesome > results with the top end program! > > Cilean > > > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
