You can take your sewing to a new level with these 3 beauties…
Sewing become one of the fast growing take-ups during 2020, largely down to the sheer need for face masks, scrubs, people having more time on their hands and the new drive to more sustainable fashion.
Now that 2021 is here, many sewists – both returners and newbies alike – are realising that this is no longer a passing fad: it’s a long term passion!
Which is why many of us are now looking beyond our “adequate” or “outdated” machines, and are looking for a more long term sewing partner.
Have a drool at these three Brother machines…
The Brother Innov-Is Stellaire XJ1 Sewing & Embroidery Machine
It’s not cheap – retailing at £6499.00 – but just see how far this exquisite machine can take you…
- The Brother Innov-is Stellaire XJ1 sewing and embroidery machine is designed for those users whose creativity knows no boundaries. Express yourself with 727 built-in decorative stitches, 4 sewing fonts and 727 embroidery designs, including Disney and monograms, colour shuffling and enhanced thread palettes.
- With the Brother Stellaire XJ1, the new My Design Snap app you can use your mobile phone for fast, simple and specific embroidery positioning. Just take a picture of your fabric in the special embroidery hoop and wirelessly send the data to your Stellaire XJ1. You don’t even need a PC to get designing on your Stellaire!
- The Brother Innov-is Stellaire XJ1 comes with My Design Center built in, for powerful, easy-to-use editing where you can create your own custom works of art. Draw straight into My Design Center using the Stellaire’s large touch screen or import your own jpegs and turn them into embroidery.
The Brother Innov-Is Stellaire XE1
Available for £3999.00
- The Brother Innov-is Stellaire XE1 embroidery machine benefits from an LED drop needle pointer for laser precision perfect positioning and quicker embroidery speeds of up to 1,050 spm. There’s a bright 10.1” HD LCD display and improved LED lighting with five settings, including off.
- Including a super-size 9.5 x 14″ (240 x 360mm) embroidery area and 11.25” (286mm) from needle to arm, there’s always room to create. From quilts to curtains, wedding dresses to bulky coats, you can work swiftly and comfortably on just about anything.
- Let your imagination and creativity run wild with the wide-ranging library of over 700 built-in embroidery designs, including Disney and monograms. Awaken your inner artist with easy-to-use text editing, colour shuffling and enhanced thread colour palettes, with expanded brand and colour choices.
The Brother Innov-Is VQ2
Retailing at £1999.00, this is a great choice for the professional sewer!
- It’s also suitable for from beginner and experienced users, The Brother Innov-is VQ2 includes a colour touch screen offers user friendly controls to select and adjust stitches, with the my custom stitch feature you can create your own stitch on the LCD touch screen.
- Brother Innovis VQ2 has an extra-long arm of 28.5cm gives you a superb amount of space; this makes it an ideal machine for larger projects like coats or quilts. With 473 built in stitches, 14 styles of buttonholes and 5 built in stitches it’s suitable for all types of projects from fashion, dressmaking and general home use offering plenty of creativity.
- The Brother Innov Is VQ2 has top loading bobbin and is comfortable on a wide range of fabrics while maintaining high quality of sewing, from the thickest denim and heavy velour to silks and chiffons. Other features of this sewing and quilting machine include the lockstitch facility, automatic thread cutter and knee lift where you can lift the presser foot and drop the feed dogs without taking your hands off while sewing.
We love sewing and everything to do with it!
If you’re looking to start the noble art for the first time, or have decided that it’s time to go for something a little more awe-inspiring, GUR’s sewing machine range will present you with some very impressive options.