I celebrated my birthday yesterday and I had a really nice day. Dear daughter took me out to dinner and gave me some birthday gifts. One of her gifts to me was this:
In November I talked to my daughter about the two of us going in together to buy the Brother PE 770 embroidery machine so we could expand our crafting horizons. My daughter doesn't sew as much as I do but I knew that as soon as I bought this machine on my own she would want to use it. I always let her use my sewing machines and whatever else she needs to make a project, but embroidery is a little more expensive so I thought it would be better if we shared the cost of this machine. My plan was foiled by a sneaky child.
I can't wait to open the box up. This morning I got busy doing some research on how to use it and figuring out what kind of supplies I have to have. I also watched an hour long Youtube video on how to set the machine up and stitch out a design, then I found stabilizer, thread, pre-wound bobbins, and usb thumb drives on Amazon. I'll place the Amazon order on Sunday so I should those supplies by early next week.
In the meantime, I'm going to set the machine up in the kitchen tonight (the cutting table and sewing table will be busy with the Pretty in Pink quilt, which I have to iron and pin baste tonight) and do some playing on it tomorrow, thank goodness for paid work holidays. I have six spools of rayon embroidery thread that I can use to test the machine and I'll hoop two pieces of cotton on it for testing since I don't have any stabilizer. The rayon thread was given to me by a friend who doesn't sew, but inherited her Mother's sewing supplies. I wasn't sure I would ever be able to use those spools of thread, but now I'm glad I held onto them.
I will share my stitching results with you tomorrow, in between cleaning my very dirty oven and quilting my Pretty in Pink quilt.
