Embroidery Machine Cards

Is your embroidery machine computerized?  Does it have a USB port?  Does it take cartridges or embroidery machine cards?  If your machine has a USB port you can buy downloadable files you can load on a flash drive and bypass the need for the manufacturer’s own embroidery machine cards.  There are a number of Disney embroidery machine cards available from www.icanhelpsew.com from Cars, 101 Dalmatians, Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse, Disney Film Stars, Monsters, Inc., Toy story 2 and Finding Nemo.

These machine embroidery cards run $94.99 a nice discount of the list price of $149.  These Disney licensed designs are available in a 4 x 4 format.  You can choose from twenty two patterns including Woody, Buzz, Rex, Hammy, The Prospector, Jessie, Bullseye and more.  Finding Nemo has thirty designs in their package for the same $94.99.

Almost all designs you can buy outside of your machine’s own website have to be converted in some way to fit the format of your machine.  Some sites like www.sulky.com send you your files via floppy disk or CDs that require a software program to convert them into a form that works on your machine.  If you do not have the necessary software for conversion, make sure you ask your sewing machine dealer if he can convert the files for you.

www.sewvacdirect.com has all of the Brother embroidery machine cards for sale.  They split the cards into collections of ten for easier categorization.  For example, cards 0-10 are mostly alphabets; 11-20 are mostly pets, 21-30 deal with animals, Christmas and flowers.  Each card from Brother contains a multitude of designs and they range in price from $69.99 to $99.99.

Other makers of embroidery machines, like Singer, Tajima and Janome let you know that the best machine embroidery cards come from the parent company.  It is interesting to note that the more expensive the machine, the less likely you are to use it for recreational pursuits.  Your best bet is to find a refurbished model that you can find the cards for that will help you get your job done.

The Singer CE-350 Quantum Futura was available refurbished for $849 from an original new price of $2900.  Singer has the most extensive library of embroidery machine cards and will have any kind of design you are looking to make. Singer has been making sewing machines since 1981 and continues to innovate with more PC options and flexibility on their computerized embroidery machines.

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All embroidery machine manufacturers want you to purchase designs from their library so that they can maximize their profits.  Singer, Brother, Pfaff and the rest all have their own proprietary systems and designs.  If your machine has a USB port you can take advantage of the internet and get free machine embroidery patterns from several different sites.

There are also a great many sites that offer machine embroidery patterns for a nominal fee (much less than those from the sewing machine brands) and many times includes free designs with a purchase.  One site, www.secretsof.com offers over five hundred designs for free if you sign up for their email newsletter.  They add designs every week to the free department.  You can find just about any kind of design at these sites except for licensed designs like Disney, Marvel and other famous licenses.

Depending on the season or occasion you can find the following categories of machine embroidery patterns.  Spring Seasonal has Easter designs, Holiday lace, chocolate bunnies, floral hearts, valentine hearts and kids.  The Little Boys section has Transport for boys (20 designs of balloons, trains, cars, planes, etc.), Army for boys, vibrant sneakers, boys room accessories, baby boy medley and Mexican and pirate tales.

Little girls has the most machine embroidery patterns with the following themes:  Butterfly girls, baby girl medley, flower girls, bluebonnet girls appliqué, sunbonnet betsi, shoes and purses, country rag dolls, stick people, sunbonnet appliqué and redwork girls and bonnets.  The Little Baby section has Jolly clowns, baby’s little things, baby’s garden, fancy baby and summer patches.  There are Sports and Hobbies, Kitchen Designs, Florals and Garden, Flying Critters, Land Critters, Ocean Critters, Christmas Designs, Monograms and more.

All of the machine embroidery patterns on this website are available in 4 x 4 sizes and some can be bought in a 5 x 7 size.  The average cost per machine embroidery pattern is around one dollar.  Monograms are much less.  The average alphabet is fifteen dollars.

Other sites like www.bunnycup.com offer free machine embroidery patterns with each purchase.  Their schedule for free goods is buy one set get one free, buy two sets get three free, buy three sets get six sets free, buy four sets get ten free, buy five sets get fifteen sets free.  After five sets each additional set is only five dollars.  All free sets have to be less than the price of the purchased sets.

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