Sewing Basics- Embroidery Machines

I thought I'd add a post to the Sewing Basics Series and talk about Embroidery Machines.

I live in the south and we personalized EVERYTHING, especially stuff for our children. When I learned to sew I knew I wanted to be able to personalize the clothing I made. 

My first embroidery machine was a sewing/embroidery machine combo, a Singer Futura CE150. It has all the basic features I need for a sewing machine and the ability to do embroidery. It took me a little while to get used to it but now I just love it. I have since upgrade to a more advanced embroidery machine but I still use this machine for all of my sewing.  

When I was running my children's sewing business and sewing daily I realized that the Singer machines embroidery option just could not keep up with the hours I was putting on it so I invested in an embroidery only machine. I got a Brother PE770. This machine has more upgrades and runs a little faster than my Singer. I absolutely love it. But I will say if you are only planning on sewing as a hobby a sewing/embroidery combo machine is all you need.