Brother Innovis M280D Sewing, Quilting and Embroidery Machine

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Add a personal touch with 11 built-in embroidery and 4 lettering fonts. From monograms to feel good slogans, it’s time to express yourself! Take that individuality even further with My Custom StitchTM. Use the colour LCD touchscreen to design your own stitches or edit the built-in designs. Save them to your machine for future use. Add a personal touch with 11 built-in embroidery fonts. From monograms to feel good slogans, it’s time to express yourself! If you're one of the many who took up embroidery as a hobby and have wanted to expand you skills you've probably come across digital machine embroidery and the many wonderful machine stitched projects you can make. Select whether the needle should be up or down when the machine stops. Useful for turning fabric, sewing corners or joining quilt pieces.

When talking about machine embroidery projects, it’s important to know that there are two different types of machine embroidery – free motion embroidery and digital embroidery. If you’re even a little bit curious about machine embroidery, this machine is perfect for you. You’ll love being able to put that extra touch on any project you make and customizing household items for friends and family and even yourself! You won’t regret having this machine in your sewing room! Choose from 181 stitches built into the machine, giving you unlimited creativity. Also includes 10 one-step buttonhole styles. Equipped with 125 built-in embroidery designs and 45 sewing stitches, the Brother Innov-is M280D lets you create your custom designs with ease. Its advanced needle threading system and automatic thread cutter make sewing a breeze, while its adjustable speed control lets you choose the pace that suits your sewing style.With a central panel including needle up/down button, slide speed controller, thread cutter and start/stop button, precision control is at your fingertips.

The Innov-is M380D is equipped with upper and lower thread sensors that warn when thread is broken or has run out. If you're in the market for an embroidery machine there are a few things to consider before making your decision.Just set the embroidery unit and frame, select the pattern and you’re ready to embroider. Additional frames are also available separately. No more stress when threading. Follow the thread guide, and use the needle threader lever with one finger. When looking to buy an embroidery machine, it's important to consider the size of the projects you’re hoping to do. The bigger the design, the larger the hoop or frame. Larger frames not only take up more workspace but also bump up the price of the embroidery machine. Ability to add new designs

And thanks to our 100+ years of sewing machine manufacturing experience, you can sleep easy knowing your Brother machine offers as much durability and longevity as Disney’s characters themselves. The Brother Innov-is M280D is a versatile sewing machine that comes with an extensive range of features that cater to both novice and experienced sewers. With a compact size and user-friendly LCD touch-screen panel, this machine is ideal for anyone who wants to take their sewing to the next level. Digital embroidery uses a computerised machine to do all the hard work for you! They come with a hoop or frame to hold your fabric, and the machine moves the fabric as well as the needle to create the desired design. It’s a pretty hands-off process other than when it comes to changing thread colour and possibly snipping the thread at the end of a stitch run. Crafting isn't always a cheap hobby, especially when it comes to specialist machines, so you want to make sure you find the best product for your needs before spending your money. Here are some things to consider before deciding which is the best embroidery machine for you. Powerful editing features include the layout, pattern rotation in 1°, 10° & 90°, mirror imaging and scaling between 90 - 120%.Manage all the functions with a simple touch of the easy-to-read, 3.7” LCD high resolution display (432 x 240 pixels). Includes icons and 15 languages. Design your own stitch patterns or edit and change the built-in template designs and save for future use. In addition to the Brother thread chart, the Innov-is M380D recognizes threads from three other manufacturers. Adjusts speed from slow to fast. This can also be set to alter stitch width whilst sewing for zig-zag stitches. Let’s take a look at what comes in the Brother Innov-is M280D’s box. You’ll have plenty of accessories to play with and every foot you’d use for any kind of sewing project you can think of, including machine embroidery.

Most digital embroidery machines will come with a library for inbuilt designs, but if you want to be able to add more at a later date or perhaps even design your own, you want to make sure it’s got the functionality to add new designs either via USB or by connecting it to specialist design software. What is the best embroidery machine to buy? Reach for the sky and take your crafting even further. With wireless connectivity you can transfer additional designs using Design Database Transfer (for Windows devices only), or connect to Artspira, our new creative hub. Here you will find free designs and projects, or even draw your own custom designs. For ease of use, all operating buttons are on one convenient panel - thread cutter, needle position up/down, Start/Stop function. Remove the accessories storage compartment for free arm sewing. Sew small continuous items like armholes, cuffs etc with ease.Description Capture the magical world of Disney with the Innov-is M280D – a unique sewing and embroidery machine. Be sure to use embroidery foot when doing embroidery. Using another presser foot may cause the needle to strike the presser foot, causing the needle to bend or break and possibly cause injury. Stitch excitement into everything you make on the Innov-is M380D sewing, quilting and embroidery machine. There are 200 built-in designs, of which 65 are Disney. Plus, with 181 built-in stitches, including 10 buttonholes, your projects will always be truly original. Free motion embroidery can be done on pretty much any normal sewing machine that will allow you to lower the feed dogs (so that you can move the fabric freely in any direction), and you can swap the normal sewing foot out of and replace it with a darning or embroidery foot. With free motion embroidery, you are essentially using the sewing machine needle like a pen and use it to draw around the edge of your fabric design. With on-screen editing you can take your creativity to infinity and beyond - flip, rotate, change the colour and repeat designs.