Reviews By Paul D Goodwin : Date April 22, 2013
As a beginner, I need all the help I can get. This was a much needed item in my quilter's inventory.
Reviews By S. Kibby : Date March 17, 2013
The walking foot fit my Janome machine great, and worked very well. Made quilting much easier. If you quilt get a walking foot.
Reviews By J. Jenkins : Date November 9, 2011
Nothing wrong with the item, just the wrong style. My machine needs the high shank style, this one arrived low.
I ultimately purchased from a different seller & returned this one.
Reviews By Denise Casey : Date December 11, 2011
This machine is not stitching the designs correctly and I have several years of sewing experience. I also own a Janome sewing machine and overlock so I understand their products. This 200e will add stitches or skip stitches thereby rendering your designs useless. I even tried the pre-loaded Janome designs and had the same issues.
Reviews By TajmaJ : Date December 25, 2011
I have owned this machine a little over a year and I am very pleased with it. The stitches are beautiful. The machine has accepted many different brands of thread;however, I set the tension before sewing on original due to different weight of thread. My only regret is that I did not get the 300e (the embroidery surface is larger ) .
Also as far as my machineI have not had any Problems with it skipping or adding stitching.
Reviews By Stephanie Pack : Date January 8, 2012
I went to my local quilt shop for my birthday/Christmas present, thinking I was coming home with a Janome 11000 Special Edition SEWING - QUILTING - EMBROIDERY machine (all in one .. that's important) for about $1600 ... long, sad story short, my facts were very mixed up. My shop helped me figure out that I could get Janome's 6300 SEWING machine AND Janome's 200e EMBROIDERY machine for a 'little bit more' and satisfy those wants. So I did that. Love the MC6300P ... the 200e, not so much.
As the title states ... I am ready to move up. The 200e, for the PRICE, is waaaay too limiting.
Reviews By momofalitter : Date October 1, 2012
I spent quite a few hours researching different models & consulting w/a quilting & sewing goddess of a friend about which machine would best suit my needs. My budget allowed for a decent selection, but I didn't want a machine that was smarter than me. This does everything I want, has a bigger hoop than the Brother I was originally looking at (which she-rightly so-said I'd prefer) & is very user-friendly. I watched the enclosed instruction video & worked along w/the machine: when it taught threading, I threaded; when it taught preloaded design selection, I clicked too. The only thing I couldn't figure out was how to get my designs from USB to the machine (there's a lengthy post on Janome's help site about it). Once I figured that out & downloaded the software he suggested, I was set. I've now made 4 or 5 things & my only issues have been user error (hoop not on tight, excess thread not clipped). I've even found that my machine isn't a thread snob & will work as well w/the all-purpose store brand thread as it will w/the name brand embroidery thread.
I have two complaints, which I know I can work around w/time & experience: it's hard to work on thick fabric (I ended up pulling out seams on vinyl/canvas a diaper bag I was embroidering because I couldn't keep the hoop attached) & I wish I had an unlimited design area (I know I can rehoop).
I've purchased designs from several websites now in different formats & have been able to convert them to use w/the machine w/perfect results, save one, & that was user error (I didn't take the time to put facing on the back of a sweatshirt & the thread bunched, material shifted & needle broke).
I absolutely love my machine! It threads just like my White sewing machine (except the needle threader on my Janome works), it's simple to use, & it makes beautiful things while I sit back & watch. It was well worth the money spent, even though it was more than the machine I'd originally picked, and I came in under my budget.
Reviews By Ila Wisenbvaker : Date May 6, 2013
. I love designs it has on the memory card. I make a lot of burp cloths for babies and these designs are the best size. This card has more designs on it than some others. I am still new at using my emboidery machine so this card made it easy.
Reviews By JEAN : Date April 24, 2013
Good selection of designs. Easy to do with limited colors. Some things look better with variegated threads to add dimension to the designs.
Reviews By Janice A. Linkowski : Date July 20, 2013
this was a gift for my sister,she has a problem finding cards for her machine,she doesn't do disc to card.I find cards for her ,and she was very pleased.I have ordered from C&c fron NY before they are very honest and helpful.their prices are are good as can be found.will order from them again and highly recommend them.
Reviews By Ritayana : Date March 20, 2010
I didn't want to spend too much on an embroidery machine before knowing if it would be something that would get a lot of use. Although I don't have a dedicated sewing room I opted against getting a combo embroidery/sewing machine because I already had a regular machine. I spent almost a year researching machines and the major selling point besides price was that it takes a thumb drive. It was really easy to get started without having to study the manual too extensively. I hate anything with a steep learning curve because I have very little time to sew. I don't want to spend my precious time reading the manual. I had been looking at Babylocks, but regardless of what the Babylock sales person said, the Brother machines appear identical and much less expensive. I don't have time to take classes (an advantage of buying from a dealer) so I went for the cheaper Brother. Also, Babylock doesn't sell this model as a stand alone embroidery machine. The PE770 is the same as the BL Ellure Plus without the sewing machine. The set up is really easy and I immediately began stitching out some of the preloaded designs. The stitch quality is great. The preloaded designs are dominated by the "cutsie" stuff that isn't really my cup of tea. Who wants a garment with a teddy bear playing accordion on a tree stump? I downloaded some cool designs from a website and put them on the thumb drive. It was very easy to transfer them to the machine and sew them even though we don't own a PC. My husband found a program for Macs so I was able to see the image and the color chart on the Mac. We can run PC programs on one of our Macs and I will probably get Embird soon. Given the fact that it is a lower-end model there are some downsides. The image is in black & white on the machine's display. Also, the image just looks like a blob. There is very little editing on the machine itself. I am interested to know if the embroidery software will make that less of a problem. I haven't ventured into trying to place designs in an exact spot yet. The embroidery hoop comes with a grid to help with that but I haven't figured out how to do it. Once the thread broke and it was really easy to figure out how to get back to where it was and restitch it. If I end up using it a lot I might eventually consider a fancier machine but I think I made a good choice for a beginner. The automatic threader is great! The seller (Ken's via Amazon) sent some information about different types of stabilizer that was very helpful. I just wish I had more time to play with this fun machine.
Reviews By Deb : Date September 29, 2011
I researched different machines. I didn't want to spend a whole lot of money for my first machine. I saw the machine in person at a sewing center that had many models. I decided on the Brother PE770. By purchasing it here on Amazon, I saved over $600.00!! That's right! It was $1,170 before the tax at the sewing center. I paid $60 to the sewing center for a class on how to use my new machine.(they would have been free if I had bought my machine there)I learned info on different stablizers, needles and a little on my machine. Actually, when my machine arrived I jumped right in and started using it with no problems! I had used my new embroidery machine for 6 days before I had taken that class and I had already done great on my own. I had already embroidered a dozen or more items. The Brother PE770 is easy and great. The only trouble I had was with some of the cheaper threads ($1 a piece) I had purchased on-line. They would sometimes break and get caught around the spindle. My husband suggested I turn the "disk" (that holds the spool) backwards. It worked! The less space you have between the spool and the disk the better. I still keep the lid (where the spool is) open so I can keep and eye on the thread. I did not have to change the tension as of yet. Since the expensive spools ($5.00 a piece) worked just fine, I didn't want to mess with the tension. Also I saw somewhere that you could use those little mesh "thread nets" to help with thread problems.
Reviews By Mary Gordon : Date December 24, 2010
I love it - this was my Christmas present from me to me (my husband doesn't understand this stuff). I also have a Brother SE350 (4x4 field), this PE770 is an add-on and upgrade with the 5x7 field. The only drawback is the black & white screen, but I always run my patterns through software which has a color stitchout so that really is not a problem. It is extremely user friendly and I am glad I got it. Would definitely recommend it. Be sure to buy some size "M" pre-wound bobbins, this machine takes the larger ones - but the purchase is well worth it.
