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Embroidery Sewing Machines
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An embroidery website I happen to be a member of conducted a survey on embroidery sewing machines. The last time I looked, the number of different machines was up to sixty-five. I’m not surprised at the results.
The popularity of these machines with home sewing enthusiasts has been strong for years and shows no sign of slowing down. I don’t think it ever will. It makes ordinary people designers and provides you the ability to take something from plain to fancy at the push of a button!
Just like regular
sewing machines
, those that convert to embroidery now come in all brands and all sizes. Prices range from around four hundred dollars to about six thousand as the computers inside them get more sophisticated and the machines have more functions. You can find them in discount stores, on-line, and of course at dealers which is where I recommend you purchase one. If you want to invest in a home sized commercial embroidery machine, pricing starts around seven thousand for refurbished and around nine thousand for brand new.
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I bought my first embroidery sewing machine (a Babylock) several years ago, not because I was specifically interested in doing embroidery, but not wanting to miss out on the feature. I gave it a try and once I got past the learning curve for hooping, I was hooked. Oh my gosh, was I hooked. That first year, I spent a small fortune buying designs, stabilizers and accessories. I went nuts! It was addicting. I even bought expensive digitizing software and am contemplating adding more. Businesses that specialize in providing for the home machine embroiderer are booming and they keep introducing new and better products all the time. Businesses that specialize in selling machine embroidery designs are also booming, just be careful who you buy from so you won't get stuck with a design that doesn't stitch out properly.
Want to know a little more?
Working with embroidery sewing machines.
One thing I do want to point out. Many people make their living creating original digitized machine embroidery designs to sell and when these designs are pirated, copied, and sold, it affects a lot of people. Not to mention the fact that doing so violates copyright laws. Be careful where you buy your designs as well as what you do with them.
A site I use and can recommend for machine embroidery fun is Artistic Threadworks. You can visit them by clicking on the banner below. See my links page for other sites I personally use and recommend!
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I hope this page interests you enough to look further into machine embroidery and embroidery sewing machines. Just be sure to come back from time to time to see what's been added.
Happy stitching!
