Can you buy embroidery stitches to load in? (Not embroidery designs) I use the stitches for Crazy Quilts and want a nice selection.
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if the stitches are "read"as designs yes, but if you mean as an addition the ones included IN the machine then no. I have only see really high-end machines do this. But I do "fake them, if I can read them as stand along designs, i.e. xxx, hus, vip, etc.
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They are designed for use with embroidery machines. But I have used on my sewing machine too.
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Hi! I have not embroidered mine but we have an embroidery business and it's definitely do-able. It would be really cute but I'm having another baby and wanted to use the same bag, so I didn't do it.
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Not for quilting. Difficult to use, and often have trouble with it. For plain sewing, I'd suggest something like The Denim Star sold at Walmart.
1705102
The throw pillows came with ours. They are quite a match to the quilt. I sold mine in my garage sale. The thread in the embroidery was too bright for the print on the quilt. Wasn't worth the extra. Go for the cheaper one!
2030187
Make sure you put the foot dogs down (the things that move your fabric). Set your stitch length to "0". Practice on a scrap. I used fabric with batting between (similar to quilt). Practice how fast you move it to gauge your stitch. The foot will bounce up and down, but that is what it's supposed to do. Good Luck!
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I am still working on mine....I have not had much time to devote to it. I think it would be a good beginning quilt, a lot of cross stitch on it, which is faster.
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The loops on these towels are fairly large, enabling them to pick up moisture, dirt and debris. They don't have the fine texture that towels meant to be embroidered usually do. However, you could embroider them--why not? If what you want is to apply a machine embroidered initial or something similar, that would work. However, if you do fine hand embroidery, these towels are probably not the right foundation for your artistry.
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I am a beginning quilter and it seemed to me like a lot. If you have a friend as I, that does quilting or a quilt shop to go to, it's a good deal. They both helped me greatly by steering me to complete it. I even changed the size and used my own material.
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Only place these really work well is on sewing thread. I certainly don't store my embroidery bobbin thread in these, because you don't use embroidery thread in the bobbins anyway. These would work well on hand quilting threads too. But why on embroidery thread?
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If you have this program check on page 81 of the manual. It discusses outputting to a different format. That should help you and also if you want to convert embroidery designs to other formats check on page 223. The other option would be to look what Amazon has in embroidery design book by Carol _______. She gives very detailed instructions. I'm sorry I can't be more helpful but because of copyright laws, I'm afraid to copy down any/all instructions.
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I love my Janome . I mainly use it for quilting, but also do a lot of alterations for friends and family. Working with thick fabric and seams on blue jeans is the worst, but my janome goes over those seams, well, seamlessly! Haha. Seriously, my Janome has an even feed system that works like a charm on thick fabrics. Hope this info helps. CB
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I use Sew What Pro computer software along with the large hoop (they have a free 30 day trial, but I purchased it for $65 and it's SO WORTH IT). This allows you to edit the embroidery/appliqu to where it doesn't/does overlap how you want it to. You can do an appliqu in position 1 on the hoop and then move it to position 2 or 3 and put a name under the appliqu, etc. without re-hooping the fabric. It's amazing!
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You could always try. The backs are made of tough-seeming plastic, which I believe could probably hold a stitch. If it doesn't hold for forever, it should hold for a long time I'm guessing. And there are a lot in this package, so you could always sew new ones on. I'd say to go for it if you can't find what you're actually looking for.
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You need to purchase a machine embroidery needle. The size you purchase depends on the thickness/heaviness of the cloth you are embroidering. An 80/12 should work for fabric that is similar to quilting cotton. A 90/14 would be good for a heavier fabric like denim. You don't need to purchase a specific brand - just make sure it says embroidery somewhere on the package.
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I don't know very much about embroidery, but the fabric is your basic canvas with some coating material so I would think that it would be okay for hand embroidery, but might not be sturdy enough for machine embroidery. The dimensions were a little smaller than I anticipated, so designs would have to be fairly small.
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This is a serger, so it has different special stitches for edge work... it won't have straight or zigzag stitch. There are tons of sewing machines that have up to 300 different types of stitches that sounds more what you might be looking for when you say you want an all purpose machine