Embroidery machine ?'s

Do you have an embroidery machine and what is it?
If so, are you satisfied with it?
Could you tell me 'around' the price it was?
Where did you get it?
Thanks a bunch,
Susie
northern NY
http://community.webshots.com/user/susies1955

I have a Viking Rose with the embroidery unit. I love it. (But then I
love my Viking machines....... all of them.) Haven't done as much as I
would like with the Rose, regular or embroidery. But am working on it.
Mine was a floor demo model that I got with a discount because I am/was
a home ec educator.
But the prices are reasonable for what you get.
I did sell and demo both Babylocks (the same as the Brother and the
Bernina Deco series) and the Singer 100, back a few years ago. The
Viking is much faster than either and I think the quality is better.
But then I also have great support both education and service wise with
the Vikings.

I got it from the local dealer/service center.

Pati, in Phx

Susie wrote:

Do you have an embroidery machine and what is it?
If so, are you satisfied with it?
Could you tell me 'around' the price it was?
Where did you get it?
Thanks a bunch,
Susie
northern NY
http://community.webshots.com/user/susies1955

Pati,
Thanks for letting me know what you have.
I'll have to save the replies I get so I can make a decision.
I have lots of time so that is good.
Susie
northern NY
http://community.webshots.com/user/susies1955


I have a Viking Rose with the embroidery unit. I love it. (But then I
love my Viking machines....... all of them.) Haven't done as much as I
would like with the Rose, regular or embroidery. But am working on it.
Mine was a floor demo model that I got with a discount because I am/was
a home ec educator.
But the prices are reasonable for what you get.
I did sell and demo both Babylocks (the same as the Brother and the
Bernina Deco series) and the Singer 100, back a few years ago. The
Viking is much faster than either and I think the quality is better.
But then I also have great support both education and service wise with
the Vikings.
I got it from the local dealer/service center.
Pati, in Phx

I also have a Viking Rose, but I don't love mine. I don't think the
embroidery is as fine as the Bernina's, or as good as a dedicated,
embroidery-only machine. I got mine 6 years ago (it doesn't seem that
long!), and it was $2,300. I rarely use my embroidery function. The designs
come on cards, and I found I only liked 1 or 2 designs per card, and at $75
per card, it was too expensive to get a bunch of designs.

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Wendy
http://griffinsflight.com/Quilting/quilt1.htm
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"Susie" wrote in message
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Do you have an embroidery machine and what is it?
If so, are you satisfied with it?
Could you tell me 'around' the price it was?
Where did you get it?
Thanks a bunch,
Susie
northern NY
http://community.webshots.com/user/susies1955

I have a Viking Designer #1+, with the embroidery unit. I'm happy with it,
but admitedly my passion is quilting & not embroidery, so I don't run it
through it's paces much. As far as buying embroidery cards for it, if I
was inclined to do more with it, I'd get the reader/writer box, so you can
download the designs from the net.

Pauline
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I also have a Viking Rose, but I don't love mine. I don't think the
embroidery is as fine as the Bernina's, or as good as a dedicated,
embroidery-only machine. I got mine 6 years ago (it doesn't seem that
long!), and it was $2,300. I rarely use my embroidery function. The
designs
come on cards, and I found I only liked 1 or 2 designs per card, and at
$75
per card, it was too expensive to get a bunch of designs.

--
Wendy
http://griffinsflight.com/Quilting/quilt1.htm
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"Susie" wrote in message
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Do you have an embroidery machine and what is it?
If so, are you satisfied with it?
Could you tell me 'around' the price it was?
Where did you get it?
Thanks a bunch,
Susie
northern NY
http://community.webshots.com/user/susies1955

Wendy,
Ok, thanks for letting me know.
Quite a price for something you don't care for.
Too bad you couldn't take it to a shop and trade.
Susie
northern NY
http://community.webshots.com/user/susies1955



I also have a Viking Rose, but I don't love mine. I don't think the
embroidery is as fine as the Bernina's, or as good as a dedicated,
embroidery-only machine. I got mine 6 years ago (it doesn't seem that
long!), and it was $2,300. I rarely use my embroidery function. The
designs
come on cards, and I found I only liked 1 or 2 designs per card, and at
$75
per card, it was too expensive to get a bunch of designs.
Wendy

Pauline,
That is something I have considered too. I won't know until I get one
to see if it is my thing. If I could find someone local that had one, I
would try it out.
Thanks,
Susie
northern NY
http://community.webshots.com/user/susies1955


I have a Viking Designer #1+, with the embroidery unit. I'm happy with
it,
but admitedly my passion is quilting & not embroidery, so I don't run it
through it's paces much. As far as buying embroidery cards for it, if I
was inclined to do more with it, I'd get the reader/writer box, so you can
download the designs from the net.
Pauline

I asked, but since I wanted to trade down, to a model that does less,
instead of trading up to a Designer 1 or whatever, they just laughed at me.
Oh, and I do have one of those things that lets you download designs and
stuff, but those designs don't work nearly as well as the Husqvarna ones.
I've had more trouble with thread jams, and designs not stitching out right
with those.

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Wendy
http://griffinsflight.com/Quilting/quilt1.htm
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"Susie" wrote in message
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Wendy,
Ok, thanks for letting me know.
Quite a price for something you don't care for.
Too bad you couldn't take it to a shop and trade.
Susie
northern NY
http://community.webshots.com/user/susies1955



I also have a Viking Rose, but I don't love mine. I don't think the
embroidery is as fine as the Bernina's, or as good as a dedicated,
embroidery-only machine. I got mine 6 years ago (it doesn't seem that
long!), and it was $2,300. I rarely use my embroidery function. The
designs
come on cards, and I found I only liked 1 or 2 designs per card, and at
$75
per card, it was too expensive to get a bunch of designs.
Wendy

Wendy,
Well, maybe you can try ebay.
Hope you figure something out,
Susie
northern NY
http://community.webshots.com/user/susies1955



I asked, but since I wanted to trade down, to a model that does less,
instead of trading up to a Designer 1 or whatever, they just laughed at
me.
Oh, and I do have one of those things that lets you download designs and
stuff, but those designs don't work nearly as well as the Husqvarna ones.
I've had more trouble with thread jams, and designs not stitching out
right
with those.
Wendy

I have a Brother 180D which goes for around $500, now, I think, although I
paid more a couple years ago. It's a dedicated embroidery machine, meaning
it only does embroidery, doesn't sew otherwise. That's fine with me, I have
other sewing machines that I can use while it's embroidering. Its only
limitation is the 4 x 4 inch embroidery field. You can get around this
somewhat by splitting designs and either re-hooping (tricky!) or splitting
designs and using the multi-position hoop which enlarges the field to 4 x 6
3/4" or thereabouts. It embroiders fine. I have downloaded hundreds of
free designs from the net, most of which work fine (some don't) and I have
subscribed to www.embroiderydk.com You pay $5.00 per month and there are
loads of designs to download, with new ones every week. I prefer the ARC
thread bought from MelcoMart on line. I also prefer the NEBS pre-wound
bobbins to winding my own. I bought 144 bobbins for about $34.00 on-line
(forget where exactly). Your other expenses will be needles - buy Organ in
bulk; stabilizers - different kinds for embroidering on different fabrics;
and of course a box to download designs (I use the Ultimate Box). I use a
program called Embird to view, resize and split designs, and Embird Studio
to make my own designs. These programs can be downloaded from the Embird
site, or from Secrets of Embroidery, where they are actually cheaper.

If Brother would come out with a dedicated embroidery machine with a larger
embroidery field for around a thousand bucks or so, I'd go for it. Their
new top of the line sewing & embroidery machine is a wonder but way too
pricey and has more than I need.

Iris