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Does anyone own an embroidery machine, or a combo sewing embroidery machine? ( I know Michele does  ) If you do, what kind and have you used it to make things to sell?
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I have a Bernina with embroidery module. I have sold some things I have made on it. The problem is not with the machine. I am horrible at selling stuff. I usually make something for someone and then when it comes time to pay me, I just can't accept the money. Salesperson I am not...
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Oh, Michelle, you should open an Etsy shop!!
I'm looking at a Viking Topaz 30...but not sure yet....it is very pricey. 
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The main reason I got a Bernina was because I wanted to make my own designs. At the time, Bernina's top of the line embroidery software was the only one that would allow me to do what I wanted to do within my price range.
My only quibble is that I can only do one thing at a time on it. When the machine is embroidering, I can't use it to sew. This seems obvious with a combo machine, but I guess I didn't fully realize how much time it takes to embroider something. I made a quilt for my son using his drawings for the squares, and each square took 30-60 minutes to embroider. That is a lot of thumb-twiddling time unless you have another sewing machine nearby. Luckily, I have a serger so there were some things I could do, but I really wanted to be using my sewing machine...
I guess that reveals more about my lack of patience than the quality of the machine.
Just now I took a quick peek at the Viking. With that wide table, is it possible to sew and embroider at the same time?
What do you want to do with it?
Well, I did start an etsy shop but I never put anything in it because (another quirky thing about me) it turns out that I really, really enjoy custom work and I like to pray for the person I am making for.
Luckily, my dh likes me. He mostly shakes his head and grins at my ability to make fabulous presents and yet contribute absolutely nothing to our income...
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I have a very low-end Brother embroidery machine (PE-180 I think is the model). I got it off ebay as a demo model. I wasn't sure how much I'd use it and didn't want to invest too much $ in it. I like it and do use it but not often enough, just like my other sewing, just can't find much time for it right now. I did go ahead and spring for an Ultimate Box, which allows you to download designs in any format (tons of free and cheap ones online) and convert them to the format needed for my machine (PES), and I also bought software (Embird) to manipulate designs, combining, splitting, etc. which is a lot of fun.
I like that it's a stand-alone embroidery machine b/c I can be sewing at the same time, but its embroidery field is limited to 4x4. The newer, more expensive machines can do much larger fields, although my software and various hoops do allow me to do some larger things by splitting and re-aligning, but it's more work.
Last year I upgraded my regular sewing machine to one which does have an embroidery module, but I really got it for the sewing part and have never even tried its embroidery (I got it used on ebay so even though it was once top of the line, it was nowhere near what some of these new machines cost)
Finally, I've never sold anything I embroidered. The designs are usually sold for personal use only and it would be a violation of copyright to sell things using someone else's design, unless you had permission. All the big design companies strictly forbid it and I've heard of Disney especially going after tiny craft operators who mistakenly sold items embroidered with official Disney designs! Of course, if you're just talking about things like monogramming that's different. Or if you plan to digitize your own designs, but be forewarned that digitizing has a steep learning curve, even with good software.
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MichelleW wrote:
I made a quilt for my son using his drawings for the squares, and each square took 30-60 minutes to embroider. That is a lot of thumb-twiddling time unless you have another sewing machine nearby. Luckily, I have a serger so there were some things I could do, but I really wanted to be using my sewing machine...
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I hear ya! I do still have my old machine but I am so use to sewing on my new machine that unless I am desperate I generally don't drag it out.
I do try to use the embroidering time to get other things done --like cutting out projects. That way I am nearby in case there's a problem and yet still accomplishing something.
Karen T wrote:
| The designs are usually sold for personal use only and it would be a violation of copyright to sell things using someone else's design, unless you had permission. All the big design companies strictly forbid it and I've heard of Disney especially going after tiny craft operators who mistakenly sold items embroidered with official Disney designs! |
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I don't know about Disney but I have been looking around and am finding the rules vary. ALL of the companies make a point that the design FILES are for personal use only but many of them will allow for selling of things made with the designs.
Here's an example from EMBROIDERY.COM
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"With the exception of designs from Anita Goodesign, Adorable Ideas, and The Vermillion Stitchery*, you are not restricted from selling or distributing embroidered products created from Design Files provided that the context in which the design is used does not infringe on the intellectual property rights of others."
*Distribution of products embroidered with designs by Anita Goodesign and Adorable Ideas are restricted to 50 items. Production of items embroidered with designs by The Vermillion Stitchery is limited to 25 items. If you intend to produce more embroidered items, please contact the respective designers for additional production & distribution licenses. |
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