oh, brother...

as i wrote in a previous post,

i was thrilled when, for Christmas, 
meester berrong gifted me 
with a brother pe770, 

embroidery machine 

i'd been eyeing.

it was a proverbial breeze
to set up and start using.
however,
not so long after doing so, 

i started experiencing 
a few kinks.

(immediately, john told me 
to take it back

and get a bernina,

which his sister has 

and loves.

he went on to say 

he was going to get me 
the bernina for Christmas 

but wasn't sure 

how serious i was about 

embroidering.)

anyway, i worked through 
those first kinks 

with the help of youtube's 

vince arcuri,
who retired from the military 
and took up embroidering 
as a hobby.

if not for vince 
and his experience 
with the brother pe770,

i would have been totally lost 

when i started experiencing issues 

with my machine.

~@~

i embroidered and sewed 

pillows for my front porch 
and monogrammed
a couple of scarves  

experiencing only a glitch 
or two. 
however,

the third scarf was a totally 

different experience.

doing everything the same 

as i'd been doing, 

i hooped my fabric, 

lowered my presser foot, 

and pressed the button 

to start embroiderying.

when it started it seemed fine, 

but about 20 stitches in,

i noticed my embroidery arm 

wasn't moving...

hence, i stopped the process 

and found my machine 

had pulled my fabric 

down into the bobbin

chamber.

my machine was eating 

my scarf!

further, the only way

to get the scarf

(and wad of thread)

out of the chamber

was to cut it:(

hoping it was an isolated 

incident, i took in

a deep breath, 

re-hooped the fabric,

cleaned the machine, 

and

tried again on the other 

end of the scarf.

the same thing happened.

i thought maybe it was 

a fabric issue...

(like, maybe the fabric was too 

delicate or something)

~@~

unfortunately, 
that was not the case.

on friday night

my machine ate

3 of the next 4 

projects i attempted.

so, first thing saturday morning,
i called

to see if i could still 

return it.

the customer service representative 

told me i could...
as i was still under 90 days.

so, that's what i did.

afterwards, john and i went 

to evansville to the bernina store

and ordered a new machine.

~@~

i'm sharing this because 

several of my readers 
and fellow facebook'ers

messaged me about the type 

of machine i was using

and if i was pleased with 

the machine.

the bottom line is 

i would not recommend

the brother pe770!

(when it works,

it's great;

but,

the other 30%

of the time...

not so much:/)

after losing several items 
i had purchased 
to embroider,

i knew it was time to 

invest in a better machine.

~@~

so, stay tuned.

i am supposed to receive 

my bernina

on tuesday.

i hope to report 

a much more positive experience!

love and God's blessings,

dani xxx