[write2meg]

so i tried to make a beanie with vinyl which didnt work so i ended up doing tons of research and order the brother se400 my only issue is it only has 4x4 embroidery space which is not very bigg but i dont have the extra 200 to 300 to buy the one with 5 x 7 space. i read i can by the large re positional hoop. will this work? who else has the brotherse400 is it good for you? i order thread and also a hat hoop to go along with the large hoop and i ordered tear away stabilizers. Again i have never sewn or embroidered ever in my life so all my info is from google and youtube. i make shirts for a few companies and the security company is extra excited because they would love their logos embroidered rather than vinyl. Im still researching how to change my files into files i can xfer to my brother se400 i make all my designs in cricut design space.

ANY HELP, TRICKS, or ADVICE WOULD BE GREAT!!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH

 

[AlisonB]

Your graphic files would have to be professionally digitized, with embroidery software, to become stitch files. There is no (good) way of doing a direct conversion.
I say that because you will find some embroidery software offering an "auto-digitize" function. The results CANNOT compare to a competent digitizer doing it for you.
If you search this site there have been quite a few posts giving pros and cons of different digitizers.

 

[write2meg]

Your graphic files would have to be professionally digitized, with embroidery software, to become stitch files. There is no (good) way of doing a direct conversion.
I say that because you will find some embroidery software offering an "auto-digitize" function. The results CANNOT compare to a competent digitizer doing it for you.
If you search this site there have been quite a few posts giving pros and cons of different digitizers.

Wow that is so sad so basically I would need to buy separate software and redo the designs I have already made such as the companies logos

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[MadeDesigns]

the se400 can accept files with the .pes extension . I owned one and it worked great. One day I was doing jeans on it with the wrong needle and something inside the machine broke ( because its so cheap ) . To repair would have cost half the price of a new one so I tossed it and never looked back.

The minimum machine you should buy is a janome they start at about $5,000.

 

[tfalk]

Wow that is so sad so basically I would need to buy separate software and redo the designs I have already made such as the companies logos

That is correct. Even if you purchase software to digitize the logo, you will still need to spend a LOT of time learning how to do it correctly. You better option is to find a good digitizer (like Dana in this forum) and have them digitize the logo for you.

If you are looking to do this 'commercially' instead of as a hobby, I would suggest looking into something like one of the Brother/Babylock 6 needle machines. You can embroider up to 7x11 and the 6 needles allow you to not spend all your time changing colors. Just my $0.02...

 

[write2meg]

That is correct. Even if you purchase software to digitize the logo, you will still need to spend a LOT of time learning how to do it correctly. You better option is to find a good digitizer (like Dana in this forum) and have them digitize the logo for you.

If you are looking to do this 'commercially' instead of as a hobby, I would suggest looking into something like one of the Brother/Babylock 6 needle machines. You can embroider up to 7x11 and the 6 needles allow you to not spend all your time changing colors. Just my $0.02...

Thank you this is helping alot looks like I'm definitely needing a different machine since yes I would need different colors and man I didn't realize how serious the digitizing was

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