Over Black Friday weekend the timing worked out for us to purchase a Brother PE770. The PE770 is a step up from my SE400. The SE400 is a combination sewing and embroidery machine and the largest hoop size is 4x4 (which can be stretched to 4x12 with some snazzy software skills). The PE770 is an embroidery only machine which has a hoop size of 5x7 (which also can be stretched to 5x12).
With combo machines there is a different platform, for lack of a better word, when sewing vs embroidering. When you want to switch tasks you have to change the foot,thread and switch out the platform. It's a real pain if you do equal amounts of each. I had gotten to the point I had learned to group my projects so that I wasn't constantly switching everything but it was becoming a nuisance. Also, as Olivia is growing the 4x4 sized designs were beginning to look a little small.
My new machine has some quirks I am adjusting to but overall it is really nice to have so many options. So in a year's time I have gone from having no machines to having three (sew/embroidery combo, embroidery and serger). Wow! Here is the new baby!
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