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Dear Community,
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Embroidery / Sewing Machine Recommendations
I have a regular sewing machine, but I was looking for something that I could use to do easy monogramming. I would like something that is easy to use as well, anyone have any recommendations?
Re: Embroidery / Sewing Machine Recommendations
I have a Janome MC9700 & the Digitizer Pro software--I LOVE it, but it's a pretty big investment. If you're looking for a more reasonably priced machine, I'd check out one of the Brother Machines like the SE-350, the SE-400 or the PE-770!
I bought an SE-400 off Overstock as a "refurb" (as usual- it was brand new condition) for $272 shipped (after a coupon). It works perfectly- I really love it. I use Stitch Era Universal- a free digitizer/editor- and it works great! It just needs to run online because it has ads. There's a pay version if you want to go ad free, but, it's $1Kish. The ads are very non-intrusive, IMO.
ETA The SE-350 isn't made anymore, and online it's price is jacked up everywhere- it doesn't have a USB port like the SE400, which means it's a PITA to get all the awesome free designs you can find online onto it.
They both have a limitation of a 4x4 design, though- good to know going into it. I've been able to split larger designs with my software, though- it really depends on the design.
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