I must have been extra good this year, because I traded off Big Bertha my Pfaff QE 4 and brought this beauty home!
I could have swapped straight across for a Pfaff Smarter C1100, but what is the fun in that? Instead I traded up to the combo embroidery/sewing machine. Needless to say, the Christmas sewing is on the back burner while I play with the new toy.
She has the extra large harp area like the QE 4, the same toggle switch and buttons. She uses the same feet, the identical straight stitch plate and bobbins. Any suggestions on what I should name this beauty?
This is really fun. The software converts true type computer fonts to files that the sewing machine will embroider. I'm just learning so I made a few mistakes but this is only practice scrap.
Sew Fun! was made with a computer font I converted.
I ran into a little glitch with the Christmas tree. Operator error. I hit the wrong button and the machine centered itself in the middle of my hoop not at the bottom right hand side where the pot and bottom of the tree were. I eye balled it to get back to the same position. As you can see, it is a wee bit off. This machine will cut the jump stitches as it sews and baste around the design before it starts embroidering, so it is easy to see exactly where the design will be.
Tammy's Craft Emporium was the first thing I tried to embroider. The font was too small causing too much thread build up. I think this machine will be fun to use. I plan to decorate quilts, personalize gifts with names or initials and add borders to table cloths or napkins. Having never owned an embroidery machine before, I'm really excited about it.
I have lots to learn about backing, how to embroider on terry cloth, denim and quilts. Any comments, suggestions and advice are always welcome. Does anyone else buy themselves Christmas gifts?
Awwwwww.. my cup runneth over! Have a super duper day all! ~dancing around the room with glee!
4 Lovely comments:
Congratulations! I am SEW happy for you! Have fun playing!!!
I've always wanted an embroidery machine. That Monster Machine certainly does a nice job!
Foxye
yes it sure does a lovely job.
Tammy to embroider on towels you can hoop up one or two layers of tear away stabiliser with the towel and then a layer of dissolable stabiliser like Dissolvex or Solvy on top, use the baste function if you have it on the machine (you should have, most embroidery machines offer that option)
when you embroider the needle won't catch in the pile of the towel, you can tear away most of the plastic film and the rest will dissolve when it is first washed, and you will get beautiful, supported embroidery that doesn't distort and pull up.
If there are some good tips I have for machine embroidery the most important things I discovered were its really easy to not use enough stabiliser- sometimes two layers work better than one, and its worth running a test embroidery motif to adjust tension before working on the real project. Stabiliser thickness and quality can make or break a project.
And, use the smallest hoop you can get away with for each design, and be sure you don't pull and distort the warp and weft fibre when you hoop up! Machine embroidery is good fun.
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