What I can suggest for a start is that you look for dealers in your area on my web site: California Sewing and Craft Stores (http://www.tomfarrell.org/textiles/stores/index.jsp?state=CA)
Visit several dealers, test drive a lot of models, and compare prices. Make sure to find more than one dealer for the brand you like so you can get competitive pricing. If you'd like more advice about buying a sewing and/or embroidery machine and dealing with sewing machine dealers, buy my book (http://www.lulu.com/sewing). It's only a buck to buy the PDF.
I got my embroidery machine for $300, but I bought it on the web and in general I recommend against doing that, and it has a very small hoop. But, I'm very happy with it, it meets my modest needs for the moment. You might try looking at used models; your local dealers will probably have some used models that they took as trade-in, which they'll usually clean before reselling, and will usually warrant for some period. There are some superb used embroidery machines on the market.
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Date: 2006-07-10 10:04 pm (UTC)California Sewing and Craft Stores (http://www.tomfarrell.org/textiles/stores/index.jsp?state=CA)
Visit several dealers, test drive a lot of models, and compare prices. Make sure to find more than one dealer for the brand you like so you can get competitive pricing. If you'd like more advice about buying a sewing and/or embroidery machine and dealing with sewing machine dealers, buy my book (http://www.lulu.com/sewing). It's only a buck to buy the PDF.
I got my embroidery machine for $300, but I bought it on the web and in general I recommend against doing that, and it has a very small hoop. But, I'm very happy with it, it meets my modest needs for the moment. You might try looking at used models; your local dealers will probably have some used models that they took as trade-in, which they'll usually clean before reselling, and will usually warrant for some period. There are some superb used embroidery machines on the market.