I laughed SO hard about the needle threading line, "Don't be an Animal!" ;) I loved the story of your Medical studies. And, I think you have the loveliest smile on RUclips! Keep up the quality content !
You have a fabulous talent and accomplishments. You just don’t realize it cause it’s either invisible to you, or this society undervalues it. I have an MD with an Emmy for his cooking show and another with Olympic gold medals. Intimidating, until you realize all the stuff they can’t do. You may yet win a Nobel Peace Prize 😃
Oh, I love the story of your first attending paycheck so much!! I bought an “aspirational” garment when I found out I was accepted to med school because it’s the last time I’ll have a paycheck for the next four years and I wanted something nice to take with me :)
Uhm... this question sure sounds strange to you but why do you have to do the bobbin? I mean the machine gets the thread from the big bobbin above, so why the pre-wound bobbin?
@@saymyname2417 for me personally, it’s the consistency in the magnetic tension. I own a business so I want the end product to be the excavator same as I made it before. If I would the bobbin myself, maybe it might be loose? Plus, I save a lot of time just grabbing a bobbin out the box and starting the machine up again. I use filtec magnetic ones.
@@ShaynaKrause - Oh, I see! That makes even more sense since you are running a business. Thank you for the reply and I wish you lots of success. GBY and stay safe!
As a European, every time I hear about US pricing in college/university studies my mind shortcuts. Like, 250k USD for 8 years? That's around 30k per year! Meanwhile I only pay around 200 USD/year in Germany for my Master...
exactly! I don`t understand how people can be okay with that. the same with their infamous medical insurance system. how people keep buying into that is beyond me
Yes, it is high. But what's is the alternative? Higher taxes that you might be paying so that you can go to an "all expense paid" trip through college? There is no such thing as free education. In spite of our prices being extremely high I'd argue that the U.S.A.'s higher education system in terms of medicine and science are the best in the world, and there are many many reasons to support privatized healthcare as opposed to social medicine. One, privatized health care is better quality than social medicine across the board. Two, individuals who have let's say a broken arm are forced to wait for hours for an opening to get treatment unlike someone who comes in because they might have a more severe condition. That being said, people always seem to think that the U.S.A doesn't have their shit together but there are many things that the U.S.A excels at in comparison to those with socialized medicine and "free education. Here's one example, we avoid issues like duo citizenships taking advantage of the social healthcare system because they might live full time overseas in a different country and only go to their second country when they feel that they can use "free healthcare" to cater to their needs. To make this more clear, that means that people living in the free healthcare system are paying full time prices for healthcare that is being used for people who don't live full time in your country. SO you're more than likely paying for someone's medicine who isn't even benefitting your economy. And the best part about that lol, is that these individuals who do that aren't doing anything illegal because because lol, the way y'all wrote the laws it's often times completely legal. My mom has a friend who is part Swedish and American and all they had to do to use the healthcare system in Sweden was own property and not pay any other taxes. She had cancer and instead of seeking treatment here that is more expensive, she went over to sweden because it's free and she wasn't required to contribute to health care taxes because she owned property in sweden. So guess what, she essentially used the swedish system to get that treatment. And lol, she doesn't even live there fulltime. Now, how is that fair to the people who actually live in your country and expect to get the services they are fully paying for? It ain't is it? That's why it's actually good to have countries like the U.S.A who aren't completely socialized so that people have the opportunity and freedom to pay for services that might not be available to them. You pay for it, you get it. Simple as that. There's no wait listing, there is more of an assurance of better quality care because of the higher pay incentive to physicians. And although individuals who become doctors might acquire debt, it is expected to taper off or offset when they actually start working because they have one of the most high paying jobs in the country and are rich essentially for the rest of their lives. SO WHY ARE WE COMPLAINING? In addition to this, if the U.S.A were to become increasingly socialized, then there are no alternatives for individuals who may want to pay immediately (unless paying for privatized healthcare already). The U.S.A are the last stand against socialized medicine for better or for worse. Now, I don't think that socialized medicine is all bad, and I believe that a mixed economy is good. But I am sick and tired of individuals assuming that their country has it all figured out when in fact the grass isn't actually greener on the other side.
@@Sassehfrass1 well, you sound like you`ve got everything figured out. good for you :) I just hope the majority of your fellow Americans also agree with you. I don`t know you, but from reading your comment I would assume that you`ve never struggled financially, so that you couldn`t afford health insurance. I think that there are statistically many more people who are hard working law abiding citizens, but can`t afford university or health insurance, and end up paying a life long debt, than scammers who want to abuse the system. Regarding the difference in taxes, I don`t know how much americans pay, so it`s possible that "social" countries pay more, but unless you find some statistics showing income to tax ratio, plus living costs and standard of living statistics, that`s just a baseless assumtion.
My god Christine, you made me cry on this one. I empathize greatly with you. I finally bought a new sewing machine after 15 years and I ended up choosing a Huskavarna Viking (which I named Harold) he's flat out amazing for building cosplay. Thank you for sharing your sweet story!
🌷❤️🌷You are simply an inspiration! You are so capable in so many areas: An expert in both art and science. My father was a doctor and my mother was a nurse. He played the piano and my mother sewed and painted. My mother worked in a factory sewing to save enough money to go to nursing school. In many ways you remind me of my mother. If she could have, she would have been a doctor. You have her courage. So today, I’m sending you lots of love and best wishes for all you do. 💐Early Mother’s Day greeting too. 💐Once again, you are amazing! ☺️🙏☺️
I did the same thing after graduate school (MPH, clinical epidemiology) for the same reasons - wanted something to reward myself with before getting bogged down in my new post-grad high stress government job. I have been sewing my whole life but an embroidery machine opened a whole new world!
Maybe not “inspiration”, but this video DID give me a lovely wave of nostalgia- my mom got her first embroidery machine (she remains a Bernini Artista loyalist, to the extent that I think she values her machine more than my sister and me some days) when I was in elementary school, and has never looked back. Admittedly, she doesn’t do the super-complicated projects that you do, but I spent most of the video nodding sagely and going “yes, I remember Mom explaining this to me years ago”, especially in regards to the local fabric shop. I went into hers recently to buy her a gift, mentioned who it was for, and they IMMEDIATELY recognized the name and went out of their way to help me out because it was for her. At any rate, thanks for the warm fuzzy feelings! They were unexpected but very much appreciated!
I love your story of buying your machine with your first pay cheque. The memories that go with these machines we use are so fantastic. I learned to sew on a Janome Memorycraft 9000 - a combination sewing/embroidery machine from the early 90s. My mother had up until that point been using an elna SU that she bought second hand in the late 70s, and she saved for years to buy herself a brand new machine, eventually adding her inheritance when my grandpa passed away, and getting the best machine she could afford. Every time someone we knew had a baby for the next 10 years, they'd get personalised embroidered clothes. Both machines now sit under my sewing table waiting for me to find someone who can service them.
Wow! The wardrobe (can't just simply call it a closet) at your place must be huge with all those amazing outfits you make for yourself and your husband. And it likely will get bigger once your son starts gettin' outfits, too.
I loved this video but I have one suggestion. When you put written comments on the screen, could you leave them there for a few extra seconds? I find that it is difficult to go to the comment and attempt to read it before it disappears. A few more seconds would allow me to locate a comment and read it while listening to what you are saying. Thank you.
I love that you did this with something smaller. I want one but I am in a rental, I don’t have a huge space. Thank you! I also love that you explained that a larger project can be done without a larger machine. It may take me another year but I feel I would be happy with one.
I was lucky enough to get both my sewing and embroidery machine from a friend who was closing down her sewing shop. She gave me so much fabric as well but most of it was paid by my husband going to work for her on the weekends to renovate her house because she couldn't afford someone to do it and we both really wanted those machines! We got so lucky there!
I am the sewist in the family. My sister enjoys designing stuff though. When she and I take our boys to someplace (usually Disney) we get customer shirts printed. Then last time we took the logo and got it embroidered...I could step you through the whole evolution but enough to say...Myself, my sister, her husband, and my dad are all looking at getting a machine. At the moment its a multi-needle, hat-capable one. I have a summer of stitching coming I hope!
I am not a seamstress but I so admire & love your work & your videos!!! They are mesmerizing. PS I had NO idea what you were talking about when you first mentioned “kefta” from Shadow & Bone. It prompted me to buy the Nook books & I read them in 3 days & fell in love with the characters. I am a 67 yr old widow in southern Alabama - definitely not a Young Adult. I loved the two costume pieces that I watched you create. By the way, y’all are the most striking couple!!!! Very good looking couple!!! Thank you for sharing your time.
That beautiful cherry pink court suit you are wearing in photos and the thumbnail for this video make me think about Beatrix Potter's The Tailor of Gloucester story. It was always my favourite Beatrix Potter story and has the most beautiful illustrations and your beautiful work looks just like the drawings Beatrix herself did of the coat (she went to South Kensington Museum, which is now the V&A, to check that she got her designs accurate to the 18th Century)
My Baby Lock 'Denim Pro' work horse just conked out after some 20+ years of use and I just went to Jackman's near my house to get a new machine. I wish I had seen this before because I was seriously eyeing a few embroidery machines but felt overwhelmed by the selection. I did get a new machine for basic sewing and a really good friend of mine works there and she's looking at trade ins for me going forward.
At this moment in time, I'm not quite sure on how much embroidery I'll do but regardless of that, this video was super helpful!!! Excellent tips and a great list of things to look for, when the time comes. Thank you for this!! 🤗❤️
Thank you for this lovely video! It finally gave me the courage to mess with my mom's embroidery machine to finish a project for her that has been gathering dust for 2 years. 😬
This is so helpful! My sewing/embroidery machine is arriving in a week or so and I'm more excited than ever for it. My main sewing machine is a treadle and I've never spent more than $150 on a sewing machine before. I also never knew self-threading machines were a thing until about 3 weeks ago after several decades of sewing.
Great video for someone wanting to start machine embroidery. A video like this would have saved me a lot of money when I started out 6 years ago - I had no idea what to look for! I love my BabyLock machines- they have a great warranty, sew beautifully & comparatively quietly, & have required fewer repairs than my other brands of machines. They also came with access to BabyLock’s Love of Sewing tutorial videos for specific machines. Your video is a great resource! Thanks, Sewstine!
I was literally just thinking of getting a machine and doing some light research and was quickly overwhelmed, thank you for this video it gives me more of an idea of where to start!
I wish this video had been out back in 2012 when I bought my embroidery machine. I was super excited as I had dreams of doing applique dresses for my daughter. After a year of looking and finally working up the courage to talk to the lady at the Viking gallery in Joanns I became the owner of a Viking H class. A few months later I got a laptop and promptly discovered that windows 8 would not talk to my machines in spite of downloading the update from the Viking website. I only ever got it to talk to my machine once but never got to make anything. We ended up moving a couple of times and it was stuck in storage for several years. We recently bought a house and I pulled it out of storage. Still works great as a sewing machine, but I still can't get it to talk to my computer. I'm hoping to get to a point where I can make the hour drive to my nearest Viking gallery and talk to a representative about upgrading and trading in the h class for a topaz or something that is always up to date. I would like to get a used one if at all possible.
That was great!!! Thank you! I really want to get back into sewing. I miss it even more now. I would add don't buy cheap fabric to embroider. I wanted to make baby bibs and bought the cheapest toweling that I could find, big mistake. Not only hard to embroider on but fell apart when cutting to make the bibs and put the binding on. Yes, going to a show to get your machine is a great idea. I bought mine at a local quilt show from a local dealer whom I had known for years. I got a great deal on the machine. I paid in full which got me another discount.
This was such a great and informative video. I'm still paying off my Babylock Valiant and have been learning it for the past few years. My husband just got me some embroidering software so I can start expanding my learning.
Thank you for sharing your wisdom. Tbh, just checking RUclips mail & boosting algorithms for now. Congratulations on what looks to be another beautiful & well edited (& informative) video.
What a lovely story about your first machine! I did something similarly with my first book advance - I treated myself to a dream pair of historical reproduction shoes. :-)
Thanks for the video, one think my partner occasionally finds as a problem is puckering of the base fabric. I’ve always assumed this was a tension issue, now I’m wondering if it’s a backing issue, oh well it at least let’s me play more with the machine. [Technically I bought it for him as a Christmas present so…]
Thank you for sharing this, Sewstine! This information is golden and so informative. I now have two machines, but would have loved for something like this to be available when I started out.
Thanks for this video, it's so awesome to see the basics and where to start. Also congrats for getting to the other side of residency. When I look at what you have to go through to become a doctor and then how little doctors actually make I'm surprised there are any doctors. It feels like a system that relys on the exploitation of passion really. And as we can see from your videos, doctors have other passions they could switch to. It's amazing that you have built a life where you get to do both, I don't think I that level of energy in me.
This was so interesting! Would love one of these when I can afford it. I was wondering if there are many well known primary references for 18th century embroidery patterns that aren't existing garments?
I payed my embroidery machine from my first paycheque,too :D Although mine is now 10 years old.. one day I would love to get a bigger one, but that day has yet to come :)
Lovely video! I should show this to my mom. She machine-embroidered monograms on all the need linens she got when she married my dad... using a regular treadle sewing machine. She finished the project but sheer rage and never tried machine embroidering anything again, for good reasons 😂 She will be amazed how things evolved in the meanwhile. On a separate note I shudder just thinking good expensive university education is in the USA.
I have this old Babylock that you wrap it around this case and it will thread itself. I wish I remember the Model but I still have it somewhere. They also discontinue it as well.
OMG. I'm so glad I found this video! (I did see a couple of your other videos from CoCoVid, but this is what I needed!) I have a used Pfaff embroidery machine--I got a fantastic deal on it and it came with ALL THE FRAMES, including the massive 360mm x 200mm. I was having trouble with thread breakage (solution: get better needles) and the embroidery software (solution: buy already tested digitized software until I figure out the software I have...I guess). I tried making a couple designs but it wants to do 10,000 stitches in one place and I can't figure out what I did on the design to make it want to do that. Anyway...thanks for this video! I'm off to the store to get some needles and take my 20-year-old Viking in for service...I ran over a pin and wrecked the timing on it. Ooops.
I love this video, I have also watched the online embroidery lecture you had with the San Francisco embroidery group (I think). I have definitely learnt some great things from both and was able to use it with my embroidery program Premier+ 2 Ultra as well. Thank you for all of the inspiration ❤ /Alfhild (Sweden)
Such a wonderful video. Thank you very much. My husband gave me my first embroidery machine last christmas and I am still not sure, how to use it. This helped a lot!
Love your video! I am now a subscriber. I have a Brother PE800 that had been amazing for costumes. I also own 3 older 12 spool Toyota machines. Thank you for your tip on needles I need to buy the large eye schmeltz. You are such an inspiration!!
Umm I get the local machine shop speach, it actually makes sense, but I also love the Babylock brand from what I see of your works 🥰 I am writing while watching the video and I might miss something 🦋
How do I like this video more than once? Thank you so much for such wonderful information! I loved your story about your first embroidery machine. Keep up the fantastic work!
I've been threading my embroidery machine needles like an animal since 2010. It is as uncivilized as you say. Cutting my own jump stitches, too, because that's just something that I can't seem to get properly fixed to consistent thread pick-up on the next stitch after a jump-cut. It's less time-consuming to trim my own than rethread (again, like an animal). I just bought a new design set, so I think I should get that unzipped and stitch it out, now.
When my husband retires I’m hoping to get a retirement present myself. Cheeky I know! I have my eyes on a Bernina- I want an upgraded sewing machine plus embroidery. I currently have a Bernina 555 which meets my needs so far, but not my wishes
When you buy a sewing machine or a bike, you buy the shop with it. Why you buy local! Some brands require any 30 day tune ups or warranty work be done by the seller, meaning you ship the machine cross country and back, at risk and for more $$ than you’d pay at the area shop up front. .And, you get help if you need it post sale. For a basic mechanical machine this may be acceptable risk, but for an electronic embroidery robot it’s a very different deal. This is something to think about.
I have a brother XJ1, and i am still scared of performing large, and repeated patterns. The removal of the hoop scares me, and i sort of wished i purchased a Bernina (or other front loaded bobbin machine). Great tip about the pre-wound bobbin, I wonder if i can find it in EU
I had no idea you went to NYU! I recently finished graduate school in Urbana-Champaign (not too far from St Louis) and now I am a postdoc at NYU. *Waves!*
I would love to buy an embroidery machine to do my historical dresses, I am not sure I would have the space and the money to buy it. But I would love to try and buy one for my job, I can make the space by reselling the lockstitcher and the plain machine and keeping only the industrial one. Are those baby lock good for european market too? Thank you
Whenever you say Babylock, I got so confused because I've never seen a babylock machine before in Malaysia. But I just found out that they are made by Juki. Brothers are the most common embroidery machine here.
This is incorrect. Brother makes Baby Lock machines, not Juki. The Baby Lock high-end embroidery machines are clones of the Brother equivalents. Baby Lock simply changes how the machines look externally, and increases their prices by a few thousand dollars simply because it has the Baby Lock name. The only things Baby Lock makes are their amazing sergers, like the Triumph.
I used to work on professional embroidery machine in one of my previous jobs (it was some Tajima model) - it wast super fun! I would like to have nice embroidery on my projects, but I cannot afford for professional machine. And I am unsure if "going back" to amateur level would give me similar experience :/
I like how you keep trying to get people to drink your Kool-Aid of (to me) frustration!!! 😜😲😜 No!!! It's obvious that it is a passion of yours and something you have definitely honed to a fine tip and, having others to geek out with would be fun. Ah!!! Your building your tribe!!! You go you fighting Sister!!! The Digiembi tribe!!!🤣😂🤣 I like it!!! You take care and have fun!!! 😷😎😷
Where were you about 2 months ago? Stupid algorithm for not suggesting your video sooner. I bought a brother combo machine . Being that embroidery is brand spanking new to me, I wanted to give it a whirl. However, on my very first attempt everything was going well and I decided to walk away for a moment (it had 5 or 7 minutes left). On my return, I had to frown. Normally on my sewing machines I pull maybe two or three inches of thread after setting the machine. It's how I was taught. Unfortunately, during my step away, the needle caught that extra thread and it became part of the pattern. Thus the pattern had a random jumbled thread throughout the design. Ugh.
I laughed SO hard about the needle threading line, "Don't be an Animal!" ;)
I loved the story of your Medical studies.
And, I think you have the loveliest smile on RUclips!
Keep up the quality content !
People as accomplished as you make me feel exhausted just at the thought of it all! lol You're amazing.
You have a fabulous talent and accomplishments. You just don’t realize it cause it’s either invisible to you, or this society undervalues it.
I have an MD with an Emmy for his cooking show and another with Olympic gold medals. Intimidating, until you realize all the stuff they can’t do. You may yet win a Nobel Peace Prize 😃
This is perfect timing as I have recently decided I want an embroidery machine. Love all the information you're sharing. Thanks.
Oh, I love the story of your first attending paycheck so much!! I bought an “aspirational” garment when I found out I was accepted to med school because it’s the last time I’ll have a paycheck for the next four years and I wanted something nice to take with me :)
Im shook about the fact that i only right now realized that pre-wound bobbins are a thing
Welcome to the world of pre-wound!
Uhm... this question sure sounds strange to you but why do you have to do the bobbin? I mean the machine gets the thread from the big bobbin above, so why the pre-wound bobbin?
@@saymyname2417 for me personally, it’s the consistency in the magnetic tension. I own a business so I want the end product to be the excavator same as I made it before. If I would the bobbin myself, maybe it might be loose? Plus, I save a lot of time just grabbing a bobbin out the box and starting the machine up again. I use filtec magnetic ones.
@@ShaynaKrause - Oh, I see! That makes even more sense since you are running a business. Thank you for the reply and I wish you lots of success. GBY and stay safe!
@@saymyname2417 thank you very much.
As a European, every time I hear about US pricing in college/university studies my mind shortcuts. Like, 250k USD for 8 years? That's around 30k per year! Meanwhile I only pay around 200 USD/year in Germany for my Master...
Same, it gives me so much second hand anxiety. I can only imagine what it's like for people living under that system.
exactly! I don`t understand how people can be okay with that. the same with their infamous medical insurance system. how people keep buying into that is beyond me
Yes, it is high. But what's is the alternative? Higher taxes that you might be paying so that you can go to an "all expense paid" trip through college? There is no such thing as free education. In spite of our prices being extremely high I'd argue that the U.S.A.'s higher education system in terms of medicine and science are the best in the world, and there are many many reasons to support privatized healthcare as opposed to social medicine. One, privatized health care is better quality than social medicine across the board. Two, individuals who have let's say a broken arm are forced to wait for hours for an opening to get treatment unlike someone who comes in because they might have a more severe condition.
That being said, people always seem to think that the U.S.A doesn't have their shit together but there are many things that the U.S.A excels at in comparison to those with socialized medicine and "free education. Here's one example, we avoid issues like duo citizenships taking advantage of the social healthcare system because they might live full time overseas in a different country and only go to their second country when they feel that they can use "free healthcare" to cater to their needs. To make this more clear, that means that people living in the free healthcare system are paying full time prices for healthcare that is being used for people who don't live full time in your country. SO you're more than likely paying for someone's medicine who isn't even benefitting your economy. And the best part about that lol, is that these individuals who do that aren't doing anything illegal because because lol, the way y'all wrote the laws it's often times completely legal. My mom has a friend who is part Swedish and American and all they had to do to use the healthcare system in Sweden was own property and not pay any other taxes. She had cancer and instead of seeking treatment here that is more expensive, she went over to sweden because it's free and she wasn't required to contribute to health care taxes because she owned property in sweden. So guess what, she essentially used the swedish system to get that treatment. And lol, she doesn't even live there fulltime.
Now, how is that fair to the people who actually live in your country and expect to get the services they are fully paying for? It ain't is it? That's why it's actually good to have countries like the U.S.A who aren't completely socialized so that people have the opportunity and freedom to pay for services that might not be available to them. You pay for it, you get it. Simple as that. There's no wait listing, there is more of an assurance of better quality care because of the higher pay incentive to physicians. And although individuals who become doctors might acquire debt, it is expected to taper off or offset when they actually start working because they have one of the most high paying jobs in the country and are rich essentially for the rest of their lives. SO WHY ARE WE COMPLAINING? In addition to this, if the U.S.A were to become increasingly socialized, then there are no alternatives for individuals who may want to pay immediately (unless paying for privatized healthcare already). The U.S.A are the last stand against socialized medicine for better or for worse. Now, I don't think that socialized medicine is all bad, and I believe that a mixed economy is good. But I am sick and tired of individuals assuming that their country has it all figured out when in fact the grass isn't actually greener on the other side.
@@momosaku16 a lot of us don’t buy into it but our institutions are so skewed that there’s not really anything we can do.
@@Sassehfrass1 well, you sound like you`ve got everything figured out. good for you :)
I just hope the majority of your fellow Americans also agree with you. I don`t know you, but from reading your comment I would assume that you`ve never struggled financially, so that you couldn`t afford health insurance. I think that there are statistically many more people who are hard working law abiding citizens, but can`t afford university or health insurance, and end up paying a life long debt, than scammers who want to abuse the system.
Regarding the difference in taxes, I don`t know how much americans pay, so it`s possible that "social" countries pay more, but unless you find some statistics showing income to tax ratio, plus living costs and standard of living statistics, that`s just a baseless assumtion.
My god Christine, you made me cry on this one. I empathize greatly with you. I finally bought a new sewing machine after 15 years and I ended up choosing a Huskavarna Viking (which I named Harold) he's flat out amazing for building cosplay. Thank you for sharing your sweet story!
🌷❤️🌷You are simply an inspiration! You are so capable in so many areas: An expert in both art and science. My father was a doctor and my mother was a nurse. He played the piano and my mother sewed and painted. My mother worked in a factory sewing to save enough money to go to nursing school. In many ways you remind me of my mother. If she could have, she would have been a doctor. You have her courage. So today, I’m sending you lots of love and best wishes for all you do. 💐Early Mother’s Day greeting too. 💐Once again, you are amazing! ☺️🙏☺️
The story about your first machine was so lovely 😊
loved hearing about your training and medical journey. what a special way to spend that first paycheck!
I did the same thing after graduate school (MPH, clinical epidemiology) for the same reasons - wanted something to reward myself with before getting bogged down in my new post-grad high stress government job. I have been sewing my whole life but an embroidery machine opened a whole new world!
Maybe not “inspiration”, but this video DID give me a lovely wave of nostalgia- my mom got her first embroidery machine (she remains a Bernini Artista loyalist, to the extent that I think she values her machine more than my sister and me some days) when I was in elementary school, and has never looked back. Admittedly, she doesn’t do the super-complicated projects that you do, but I spent most of the video nodding sagely and going “yes, I remember Mom explaining this to me years ago”, especially in regards to the local fabric shop. I went into hers recently to buy her a gift, mentioned who it was for, and they IMMEDIATELY recognized the name and went out of their way to help me out because it was for her. At any rate, thanks for the warm fuzzy feelings! They were unexpected but very much appreciated!
I love your story of buying your machine with your first pay cheque. The memories that go with these machines we use are so fantastic. I learned to sew on a Janome Memorycraft 9000 - a combination sewing/embroidery machine from the early 90s. My mother had up until that point been using an elna SU that she bought second hand in the late 70s, and she saved for years to buy herself a brand new machine, eventually adding her inheritance when my grandpa passed away, and getting the best machine she could afford. Every time someone we knew had a baby for the next 10 years, they'd get personalised embroidered clothes. Both machines now sit under my sewing table waiting for me to find someone who can service them.
You made me do it... I purchased my first embroidery machines. Tomorrow my Babylock Flourish 2 is coming .... so excited.
Wow! The wardrobe (can't just simply call it a closet) at your place must be huge with all those amazing outfits you make for yourself and your husband. And it likely will get bigger once your son starts gettin' outfits, too.
I love your channel. Always gives me things that I need, and things that I enjoy. My only question is, when do you ever sleep???
These machines are - literally - robots. Remember that as the price tag sinks in. They are amazing! I’ve taken a quick look at one and am impressed.
Yes, dutiful little employees embroidering hats and shirts that pay for themselves without a break to pee!
I loved this video but I have one suggestion. When you put written comments on the screen, could you leave them there for a few extra seconds? I find that it is difficult to go to the comment and attempt to read it before it disappears. A few more seconds would allow me to locate a comment and read it while listening to what you are saying. Thank you.
I love that you did this with something smaller. I want one but I am in a rental, I don’t have a huge space. Thank you! I also love that you explained that a larger project can be done without a larger machine. It may take me another year but I feel I would be happy with one.
I was lucky enough to get both my sewing and embroidery machine from a friend who was closing down her sewing shop. She gave me so much fabric as well but most of it was paid by my husband going to work for her on the weekends to renovate her house because she couldn't afford someone to do it and we both really wanted those machines! We got so lucky there!
I am the sewist in the family. My sister enjoys designing stuff though. When she and I take our boys to someplace (usually Disney) we get customer shirts printed. Then last time we took the logo and got it embroidered...I could step you through the whole evolution but enough to say...Myself, my sister, her husband, and my dad are all looking at getting a machine. At the moment its a multi-needle, hat-capable one. I have a summer of stitching coming I hope!
I am not a seamstress but I so admire & love your work & your videos!!! They are mesmerizing. PS I had NO idea what you were talking about when you first mentioned “kefta” from Shadow & Bone. It prompted me to buy the Nook books & I read them in 3 days & fell in love with the characters. I am a 67 yr old widow in southern Alabama - definitely not a Young Adult. I loved the two costume pieces that I watched you create. By the way, y’all are the most striking couple!!!! Very good looking couple!!! Thank you for sharing your time.
That beautiful cherry pink court suit you are wearing in photos and the thumbnail for this video make me think about Beatrix Potter's The Tailor of Gloucester story. It was always my favourite Beatrix Potter story and has the most beautiful illustrations and your beautiful work looks just like the drawings Beatrix herself did of the coat (she went to South Kensington Museum, which is now the V&A, to check that she got her designs accurate to the 18th Century)
My Baby Lock 'Denim Pro' work horse just conked out after some 20+ years of use and I just went to Jackman's near my house to get a new machine. I wish I had seen this before because I was seriously eyeing a few embroidery machines but felt overwhelmed by the selection. I did get a new machine for basic sewing and a really good friend of mine works there and she's looking at trade ins for me going forward.
At this moment in time, I'm not quite sure on how much embroidery I'll do but regardless of that, this video was super helpful!!! Excellent tips and a great list of things to look for, when the time comes. Thank you for this!! 🤗❤️
Thank you for this lovely video! It finally gave me the courage to mess with my mom's embroidery machine to finish a project for her that has been gathering dust for 2 years. 😬
That's awesome! GOod luck!
This is so helpful! My sewing/embroidery machine is arriving in a week or so and I'm more excited than ever for it. My main sewing machine is a treadle and I've never spent more than $150 on a sewing machine before. I also never knew self-threading machines were a thing until about 3 weeks ago after several decades of sewing.
Great video for someone wanting to start machine embroidery. A video like this would have saved me a lot of money when I started out 6 years ago - I had no idea what to look for! I love my BabyLock machines- they have a great warranty, sew beautifully & comparatively quietly, & have required fewer repairs than my other brands of machines. They also came with access to BabyLock’s Love of Sewing tutorial videos for specific machines. Your video is a great resource! Thanks, Sewstine!
There's so much amazing information here, I'm saving this to my favourites for repeated viewing!
Yikes this seems so overwhelming, but 👒hat's off to you for making it look easy
I was literally just thinking of getting a machine and doing some light research and was quickly overwhelmed, thank you for this video it gives me more of an idea of where to start!
I wish this video had been out back in 2012 when I bought my embroidery machine. I was super excited as I had dreams of doing applique dresses for my daughter. After a year of looking and finally working up the courage to talk to the lady at the Viking gallery in Joanns I became the owner of a Viking H class. A few months later I got a laptop and promptly discovered that windows 8 would not talk to my machines in spite of downloading the update from the Viking website. I only ever got it to talk to my machine once but never got to make anything. We ended up moving a couple of times and it was stuck in storage for several years. We recently bought a house and I pulled it out of storage. Still works great as a sewing machine, but I still can't get it to talk to my computer. I'm hoping to get to a point where I can make the hour drive to my nearest Viking gallery and talk to a representative about upgrading and trading in the h class for a topaz or something that is always up to date. I would like to get a used one if at all possible.
That was great!!! Thank you! I really want to get back into sewing. I miss it even more now.
I would add don't buy cheap fabric to embroider. I wanted to make baby bibs and bought the cheapest toweling that I could find, big mistake. Not only hard to embroider on but fell apart when cutting to make the bibs and put the binding on.
Yes, going to a show to get your machine is a great idea. I bought mine at a local quilt show from a local dealer whom I had known for years. I got a great deal on the machine. I paid in full which got me another discount.
CONGRATULATIONS! 🌺
“Don’t thread your machine like an animal!“ ❤😂❤
I love your channel!
This was such a great and informative video. I'm still paying off my Babylock Valiant and have been learning it for the past few years. My husband just got me some embroidering software so I can start expanding my learning.
Thank You so much! Your tips have really helped me. You are truly awesome!
Thank you for sharing your wisdom. Tbh, just checking RUclips mail & boosting algorithms for now.
Congratulations on what looks to be another beautiful & well edited (& informative) video.
What a lovely story about your first machine! I did something similarly with my first book advance - I treated myself to a dream pair of historical reproduction shoes. :-)
Been thinking about one of these for a loooong time, and you have answered questions I didnt know I had. Thank you!
Thanks for the video, one think my partner occasionally finds as a problem is puckering of the base fabric. I’ve always assumed this was a tension issue, now I’m wondering if it’s a backing issue, oh well it at least let’s me play more with the machine. [Technically I bought it for him as a Christmas present so…]
Thank you for sharing this, Sewstine! This information is golden and so informative. I now have two machines, but would have loved for something like this to be available when I started out.
Thanks for this video, it's so awesome to see the basics and where to start.
Also congrats for getting to the other side of residency. When I look at what you have to go through to become a doctor and then how little doctors actually make I'm surprised there are any doctors. It feels like a system that relys on the exploitation of passion really. And as we can see from your videos, doctors have other passions they could switch to. It's amazing that you have built a life where you get to do both, I don't think I that level of energy in me.
This was so interesting! Would love one of these when I can afford it. I was wondering if there are many well known primary references for 18th century embroidery patterns that aren't existing garments?
Thank you for sharing your tips!
I was looking forward to this all week 😄🤩
I payed my embroidery machine from my first paycheque,too :D Although mine is now 10 years old.. one day I would love to get a bigger one, but that day has yet to come :)
I stumbled upon a photoset of your work on tumblr. You're incredible, and desere so much attention!
You have such wonderful videos, thank you
Lovely video! I should show this to my mom. She machine-embroidered monograms on all the need linens she got when she married my dad... using a regular treadle sewing machine. She finished the project but sheer rage and never tried machine embroidering anything again, for good reasons 😂 She will be amazed how things evolved in the meanwhile. On a separate note I shudder just thinking good expensive university education is in the USA.
I have this old Babylock that you wrap it around this case and it will thread itself. I wish I remember the Model but I still have it somewhere. They also discontinue it as well.
OMG. I'm so glad I found this video! (I did see a couple of your other videos from CoCoVid, but this is what I needed!) I have a used Pfaff embroidery machine--I got a fantastic deal on it and it came with ALL THE FRAMES, including the massive 360mm x 200mm. I was having trouble with thread breakage (solution: get better needles) and the embroidery software (solution: buy already tested digitized software until I figure out the software I have...I guess). I tried making a couple designs but it wants to do 10,000 stitches in one place and I can't figure out what I did on the design to make it want to do that. Anyway...thanks for this video! I'm off to the store to get some needles and take my 20-year-old Viking in for service...I ran over a pin and wrecked the timing on it. Ooops.
I love this video, I have also watched the online embroidery lecture you had with the San Francisco embroidery group (I think).
I have definitely learnt some great things from both and was able to use it with my embroidery program Premier+ 2 Ultra as well.
Thank you for all of the inspiration ❤
/Alfhild (Sweden)
Such a wonderful video. Thank you very much. My husband gave me my first embroidery machine last christmas and I am still not sure, how to use it. This helped a lot!
Love your video! I am now a subscriber. I have a Brother PE800 that had been amazing for costumes. I also own 3 older 12 spool Toyota machines. Thank you for your tip on needles I need to buy the large eye schmeltz. You are such an inspiration!!
Babylock machines are the best! I have one of their sergers that threads itself too! ☺️
Wait? There's machines that thread themselves 🤯 I shall now come out of my cave and buy a new machine.
Yes! My sewing machine threads itself. It's fantastic.
I love when you upload while I'm awake (different time zone hahaha)
what a great video. thank you. i would be very interested in a video about designing your own patterns.
This video has helped me decide to go out and buy one. Wish my fabric store did machines as well but hopefully I can find a decent one online.
Great video, lots of useful information
This was very interesting, thank you!! I also loved that working hours joke!!
Umm I get the local machine shop speach, it actually makes sense, but I also love the Babylock brand from what I see of your works 🥰 I am writing while watching the video and I might miss something 🦋
I need a tutorial on this dress ❤️ it's so pretty ❤️
How do I like this video more than once? Thank you so much for such wonderful information! I loved your story about your first embroidery machine. Keep up the fantastic work!
I already have a machine (a Bernette 7 i bought only a month ago) but still gonna watch this!
I've been threading my embroidery machine needles like an animal since 2010. It is as uncivilized as you say. Cutting my own jump stitches, too, because that's just something that I can't seem to get properly fixed to consistent thread pick-up on the next stitch after a jump-cut. It's less time-consuming to trim my own than rethread (again, like an animal).
I just bought a new design set, so I think I should get that unzipped and stitch it out, now.
Really interesting and, as always, impressive video--even though I will never do machine embroidery.
When my husband retires I’m hoping to get a retirement present myself. Cheeky I know! I have my eyes on a Bernina- I want an upgraded sewing machine plus embroidery. I currently have a Bernina 555 which meets my needs so far, but not my wishes
THIS MADE ME HAPPY. .. IMMA EMBROIDER THIS WEEKEND 😍😍😍😍
When you buy a sewing machine or a bike, you buy the shop with it. Why you buy local! Some brands require any 30 day tune ups or warranty work be done by the seller, meaning you ship the machine cross country and back, at risk and for more $$ than you’d pay at the area shop up front. .And, you get help if you need it post sale. For a basic mechanical machine this may be acceptable risk, but for an electronic embroidery robot it’s a very different deal. This is something to think about.
I have a brother XJ1, and i am still scared of performing large, and repeated patterns. The removal of the hoop scares me, and i sort of wished i purchased a Bernina (or other front loaded bobbin machine).
Great tip about the pre-wound bobbin, I wonder if i can find it in EU
I had no idea you went to NYU! I recently finished graduate school in Urbana-Champaign (not too far from St Louis) and now I am a postdoc at NYU. *Waves!*
Did you do the 2020 dumpster fire pocket kit for Bernadette banner?
Thank you for this video
Awesome! This makes me really want to get my own embroidery machine!
Not to be a broken record, but (lol) ... any plans to make Queen Elizabeth I’s rainbow portrait dress? Love your videos!
This is so interesting, thank you so much
Are you going to talk about digitizing software later? Because I’m very interested to learn about it
She already did one! It's link is in the description.
@@starsun6363 ooh, excellent!
Can you or do you have videos on digitizing?
Thank you for this video! I’ve been so excited for something like this.
Great video! Thank you for sharing!
Not gonna lie...every time you share an embroidery project and I drool. It's the embroidery version of Pavlov's Dog LOL!
I really really really want this machine but I wish one day I will buy
I would love to buy an embroidery machine to do my historical dresses, I am not sure I would have the space and the money to buy it. But I would love to try and buy one for my job, I can make the space by reselling the lockstitcher and the plain machine and keeping only the industrial one. Are those baby lock good for european market too? Thank you
Thank you for a very interesting video
This is so cool
Thank you SO much!
I recognize that hairdo! Is it from Morgan's no-elastic vid or just a coincidence?
I worry about microplastics when using wash-away stabiliser - does anyone know if there's a plastic-free brand for this?
Wash away stabilizer is starch not a plastic. Made from corn.
Thats a great story how you got your first machine.
Whenever you say Babylock, I got so confused because I've never seen a babylock machine before in Malaysia. But I just found out that they are made by Juki. Brothers are the most common embroidery machine here.
This is incorrect. Brother makes Baby Lock machines, not Juki. The Baby Lock high-end embroidery machines are clones of the Brother equivalents. Baby Lock simply changes how the machines look externally, and increases their prices by a few thousand dollars simply because it has the Baby Lock name. The only things Baby Lock makes are their amazing sergers, like the Triumph.
can any of these do free hand embroidery? as in if one wants to embellish something a print.
I used to work on professional embroidery machine in one of my previous jobs (it was some Tajima model) - it wast super fun! I would like to have nice embroidery on my projects, but I cannot afford for professional machine. And I am unsure if "going back" to amateur level would give me similar experience :/
Try searching in your area for a "Tool Library" or "Maker Space" - either may have machinery you can borrow or use.
This will be interesting. Yeah.
11:09 lol!
Me: wow Sewstine makes this look much easier and more accessible than I thought!
Also me: Well there goes all my money and time #noregrets
I like how you keep trying to get people to drink your Kool-Aid of (to me) frustration!!! 😜😲😜 No!!! It's obvious that it is a passion of yours and something you have definitely honed to a fine tip and, having others to geek out with would be fun. Ah!!! Your building your tribe!!! You go you fighting Sister!!! The Digiembi tribe!!!🤣😂🤣 I like it!!! You take care and have fun!!! 😷😎😷
Where were you about 2 months ago? Stupid algorithm for not suggesting your video sooner. I bought a brother combo machine . Being that embroidery is brand spanking new to me, I wanted to give it a whirl. However, on my very first attempt everything was going well and I decided to walk away for a moment (it had 5 or 7 minutes left). On my return, I had to frown. Normally on my sewing machines I pull maybe two or three inches of thread after setting the machine. It's how I was taught. Unfortunately, during my step away, the needle caught that extra thread and it became part of the pattern. Thus the pattern had a random jumbled thread throughout the design. Ugh.
I have about a three hour drive to service any machine so maybe I am not able to have an embroidery machine.
OMG you're near me! I know that store; its sister store much better.