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Sewing and Embroidery

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PE800 Brother Embroidery Machine

The PE800 Brother Embroidery Machine can be found in the Weathertech Innovation Lab on the first floor of the Rebecca Crown Library. This machine comes with 138 built-in embroidery designs or you have the option to create your own. The machine includes 10 frame designs and 11 built-in fonts. Use the design editing features to customize your project. You can rotate, mirror-image, increase and decrease the size of your designs, and see how your edited design looks, right on the color LCD display, before stitching. View step-by-step tutorials right on the LCD touchscreen display. Topics include how to thread the machine, how to attach the embroidery arm, and more!

Features

  • 5" x 7" embroidery field for larger designs and lettering
  • Large color touch LCD screen
  • 138 built-in designs
  • 11 font styles
  • Extensive design editing - Rotate, mirror-image, increase and decrease the size of your designs
  • Built-in tutorials
  • Built-in memory for importing embroidery designs with USB
  • Fast stitch speed

In the WeatherTech Innovation Lab, all our computers come preloaded with Embrilliance software, which is software that allows you to both import designs, and create your very own!

Embrilliance™ makes embroidery software Fun, Easy and Affordable for all levels of hobbyists and professionals. These titles have versions for Windows and MacOS. That’s why we say it’s “Embroidery for the Rest of Us!” --Company website

 

If you find that you want to create an embroidery design and you are not on campus, the following embroidery software is free to use

 

Ink/Stitch - An open-source machine embroidery design platform based on Inkscape. Ink/Stitch aims to be a full-fledged, cross-platform embroidery digitizing platform based entirely on free, open-source software. Our goal is to be approachable for hobbyists while also providing the power needed by professional digitizers.

 

 

mySewnet - Embroidery enthusiasts and beginners alike, embark on a creative journey like no other with mySewnet! Whether you're an experienced embroiderer or just getting started, mySewnet™ Software offers a suite of innovative features to transform your embroidery projects into masterpieces.