I was at Walmart the other day, looking for yarn, and happened upon their sewing machine collection. It’s a long story which I might one day share, but I lent/sold my pfaff embroidery machine to the mom of my good friend. Long story short, it’s not coming home any time soon, nor do I seem to be getting paid for it. I should be irritated, but I know where they live, I could go pick it up if I wanted to. She’s using it, I assume, and I’ll get it back some day. My friend will track it down. However, I did need to do some embroidery, so I’d been eye-ing a cheap gap-filler.
I wanted something cheap, that could do fonts, that would also sew button holes with one touch. The Brother SE400 seemed to fill every check box I had, and it was under $400. A price I could afford with my Pfaff in limbo. It also has the drop in, horizontal bobbin, which I love.
Check this out, amazon has it for just over 300 and free shipping for Prime members.
I’ve just opened the box and gotten out the manual, so I don’t have a review for it yet. Some of my first intended projects are personalizing some Aprons that I sell. I’ll let you know how it goes.
Also, here’s a blog I’ve found BrotherSE400 which appears to have reviews of the machine and accessories. I’ve already ordered the larger hoop.
For the record, I bought the machine from Walmart.com for 349.00, used Ship to Store, and paid about $25.00 in sales tax.
Other Craft Projects:
- My first Embroidery Project With the SE400
- Randomness…
- My other blog, Quilting the Carolinas
- Sewing machine repair course is paying off!
- How to replace a zipper on a kid’s jacket (not)
- Well Blankie
- Really struggling with the quilting…
- My Tribe Lifts Up My Daughter Through Quilting
- So many updates!
- Like I Need Another Hobby
Leave a Reply