Embroidery machines: white elephants or essential tools?
Marion, Dec 19, 2001
The beautiful and varied designs that can be sewn on an embroidery machine makes it very tempting to get one. You tell yourself that there are all sorts of things you could do with it that you can't do with your sewing machine. And while this is true, will you use it often enough to justify the expense? For the one thing all embroidery machines have in common is that they don't come cheap.
All manufacturers produce stand-alone embroidery machines. Bernina also produce an embroidery unit which gets attached to its top-of-the-range sewing machine, the Artista. The machine will come with a range of embroidery designs, but you'll soon realise that embroidery patterns are as addictive as lengths of fabric. No matter how many you've got, you'll always spot something new and appealing.... And this is even before you start finding free designs on the internet!
The beautiful and varied designs that can be sewn on an embroidery machine makes it very tempting to get one. You tell yourself that there are all sorts of things you could do with it that you can't do with your sewing machine. And while this is true, will you use it often enough to justify the expense? For the one thing all embroidery machines have in common is that they don't come cheap.
All manufacturers produce stand-alone embroidery machines. Bernina also produce an embroidery unit which gets attached to its top-of-the-range sewing machine, the Artista. The machine will come with a range of embroidery designs, but you'll soon realise that embroidery patterns are as addictive as lengths of fabric. No matter how many you've got, you'll always spot something new and appealing.... And this is even before you start finding free designs on the internet!
You're not limited to the original size of the embroidery, but can rotate it, change the ratio between it's length and width (most useful with lettering) and, of course, sew it in whatever colours you wish. And what colours you get in embroidery thread! The 'basic' threads are silky and shiny, but then there are the metallics, those that change colour along their length, and more. It certainly makes it easy when someone asks you what you want as a present -- some embroidery thread! Embroidery thread tends to be less strong than normal sewing thread, so if you're finding it keeps breaking as your design is stitching out, slow down the speed at which your machine is sewing.
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