Comments on: Best sewing machines for embroidery https://www.textileartist.org/sewing-machines-for-embroidery/ Be inspired to create Mon, 26 Jul 2021 10:27:02 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 By: Giselle Rylie https://www.textileartist.org/sewing-machines-for-embroidery/#comment-827828 Tue, 09 Feb 2021 19:18:12 +0000 https://www.textileartist.org/?p=5453#comment-827828 In reply to Tina Lemoore.

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By: Tina Lemoore https://www.textileartist.org/sewing-machines-for-embroidery/#comment-827827 Tue, 09 Feb 2021 19:17:14 +0000 https://www.textileartist.org/?p=5453#comment-827827 I discovered this site that publishes content on many topics such as sewing machine types, maintenance, where to buy, and brands. I think it has produced answers to many questions written here.

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By: Carol Shinn: Photo-realistic machine embroidery https://www.textileartist.org/sewing-machines-for-embroidery/#comment-805433 Mon, 23 Dec 2019 21:12:18 +0000 https://www.textileartist.org/?p=5453#comment-805433 […] alter these images on the computer, and transfer them to fabric. Then the piece is stitched with a basic sewing machine. None of the stitching process is computerized. The stitches, which completely cover my canvas, are […]

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By: Badgers Embroidery https://www.textileartist.org/sewing-machines-for-embroidery/#comment-800334 Mon, 23 Sep 2019 13:10:02 +0000 https://www.textileartist.org/?p=5453#comment-800334 Excellent explanation, it’s simple & focus. Keep up the great work!

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By: Phyllis Petersen https://www.textileartist.org/sewing-machines-for-embroidery/#comment-789568 Mon, 06 May 2019 16:27:23 +0000 https://www.textileartist.org/?p=5453#comment-789568 As a sewer who has owned 5 different Bernina ‘s over the last 48 years , worked over 25 years in a Bernina/quilt shop I have to put in my vote for Bernina. The shop sold Brother and Pfaff for periods of time so I am familiar with others and Bernina wins!!!!!

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By: Perplexed beginner https://www.textileartist.org/sewing-machines-for-embroidery/#comment-780289 Tue, 12 Mar 2019 15:52:59 +0000 https://www.textileartist.org/?p=5453#comment-780289 Maybe you can advise me. I’m a beginner free embroidery enthusiast, trying to use a Singer I’ve had for nearly forty years. I have a few traditional embroidery hoops but none of them will slip under the needle unless I take off the plastic feed dog cover, unscrew the free sewing foot AND unscrew the needle from the shank. It’s driving me nuts. Is there something I’m missing here? Is there a special slim line hoop that slips under for free sewing or are modern machines for quilting etc built with more space for passing a hoop? I have tried just guiding by hand but I can’t keep the fabric properly tensioned and get puckering. I am considering buying a new machine that has capability for free embroidery but don’t really know where to start. I’d be grateful for any tips. Thanks in anticipation…

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By: Dead Trigger https://www.textileartist.org/sewing-machines-for-embroidery/#comment-774623 Fri, 15 Feb 2019 12:27:19 +0000 https://www.textileartist.org/?p=5453#comment-774623 I see there are many things that count for sure so might take a look at it

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By: veronica aldous https://www.textileartist.org/sewing-machines-for-embroidery/#comment-766450 Fri, 04 Jan 2019 19:06:09 +0000 https://www.textileartist.org/?p=5453#comment-766450 I just sold a heavy Bernina 930 , simply because it is so very heavy I can no longer lift it. The sewing lights are dim on old machines so you often need extra lighting. It was a beautiful old dog, but it was superfluous.
With older Bernina’s you must raise and lower the feed dog regularly or they tend to jam. Easily put right with a good oiling and twiddling of the underneath mechanics, I find.
I still have a 1980’s Bernina Sport which is very nice and has a good drop feed, and is a nippy machine with perfect stitch quality and loads of decorative stitches. The older Bernina worked very well with metallic threads due to a slightly different threading up system which is why the older ones are invaluable. Berninas do not have drop in bobbins and have a rotary hook which makes them excellent for working with a drop feed. I have not found drop in bobbin machines any good for free motion so far.
I mainly use a Bernina Virtuosa 155 in the Winter because it has a wonderful sewing light and a threading system.
It does not like metallics though, but seldom use them now, as my work has changed.
Some people here are commenting on actual embroidery machines which do a gazillion fancy stitches. I have no interest in these at all. To my mind, a computerised fancy stitch can look pretty tacky 9 times out of 10. I would rather hand embroider than use these rather mechanical looking stitches and motifs . I love the work done on an old Irish though, fantastic! I guess each to his own.
I use a freemotion stitch turning the fabric a lot and using an open darning foot. Like drawing with a machine. I am Fine Art trained and lecture in this subject as well as textile arts.
I recently saw a mat which absorbs vibration from a sewing machine- anyone used one?

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By: sewing machiner https://www.textileartist.org/sewing-machines-for-embroidery/#comment-762662 Tue, 20 Nov 2018 07:05:25 +0000 https://www.textileartist.org/?p=5453#comment-762662 A good site to get knowledge about the sewing machine.

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By: Katherine Sylvan https://www.textileartist.org/sewing-machines-for-embroidery/#comment-762650 Mon, 19 Nov 2018 21:15:06 +0000 https://www.textileartist.org/?p=5453#comment-762650 I clicked on the red words “Irish machine” stitching in the article on Hazel Bruce and then proceeded to slowly scroll down through all the sewing machine reviews and still don’t know what “Irish machine stitching” is. Is it a specific stitch or is it just doing all kinds of stitching with the Irish Machine?

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