PrincessNana

You'll really like one that hooks to your computer with a usb cord it will give you alot more freedom in downloading embroidery files.  Some features to look for are different sized hoops, you really need at least two. Mine has two hoops, a 5 x 7 and a smaller one but I wish I could use a larger hoop on my machine. What I do like about my machine is that I can use any embroidery format for stitching and it came with software that lets me use any font on my computer for lettering and do some simple digitizing.  My automatic threader is not as good as the Brother machine but it works fine for me. Whatever machine you get, always use good needles (change about every 6 hours of stitching), good  embroidery thread and good bobbin thread. You don't really have to know how to sew... its more of getting everything organized and set up and the machine does all the work.

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I bought a Disney SE-270D embroidery/sewing machine about 6 months ago. It's lovely to look at...cause that's about all I do with it! LOL! I know how to sew (a little) and figured I'd just jump in and get this and I'd self-teach myself!

So, today, I got out the manual and decided I'd try to use some of my files that I bought from Etsy to make T's for our upcoming trip to Disney. Well...dumby me of course hasn't read the instructions until now and I guess I need a PED design-basic software add on thingy to embroider my designs.  :rofl2:

I've got 3 weeks to learn how to use this thing and make some T's. Think I can do it?

I have a Singer Futura and the best advice I can give you is just get in there and play with it. Stitch up everything that came with your machine...thats the best way to learn your machine. It should have come with preloaded Disney designs, so thats a good place to start.  I always go cheap when I buy something big, but my dh talked me into buying a thread set and a stabilizer collection. I didn't want to spend the money, but he was right. I had everything I needed to learn and play with my new machine. Once you start using it, you're going to love it.

I love it! Someone else remembers him too :rofl2:

He doesn't dilute the wine. He covers the greens with wine and lets them simmer. The alcohol cooks out and leaves a good flavor. He got the idea from Justin Wilson who used to cook on tv...many, many years ago.

Our yorkies are not good travelers and these are the first dogs we've had that do not travel well. What seems to work pretty well with them is...we don't feed them before we start a trip and they travel in small carriers in the car or motorhome. We take them out about every 3 or 4 hours for a walk and they go back inside the carriers for traveling. I' ve tried some of the travel anxiety medicines, but they didn't seem to help my dogs. We won't go without them, so we had to find something.

I take mine out every 2 hours, they tinkle, they bark at "Hot Jack" next  door...they fight over "Hot Jack" and then they come in and poop on the throw rug. It doesn't seem to matter how long we stay outside ( and we have a doggy door) they still come inside and finish unfinished business. They are now seven years old, so the odds are they're not going to change.

Try cooking them in white wine! They're the best  collard greens we've ever had.  My husband sautes bacon and onion, cuts the greens into smaller pieces  and adds to the pot, then he adds the white wine and  simmers them until they're tender. He usually adds jalapenos also, but we add those to everything.

Anyone got one and how the heck do you house train these little guys!?

Our yorkie, Brutus, is about 6 months old and I think he has the brain of a pea! I take him out (fenced in backyard...lots of room for him to do his business!) and he come back in and pees again! Little booger!

He will go camping with us and I'm trying hard to house break him before we hit camping season full force! I don't want him to "go" in our camper!

We have had 7 yorkies over the last 30 years and they are the most wonderful companions whether at home or traveling.....but, they are sometimes impossible to train.  They just always look so cute that it's hard to stay mad at them. Good luck with the training, mine think the proper place to go is on my throw rugs. At least they're washable!

I've been looking all over for you guys. Your new site is fantastic! :rofl2: