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Brother embroidery threads are compatible with all Brother embroidery and sewing machines.
An attractive way to showcase the beautiful Pacesetter® polyester thread color collection. This set includes 63 spools of 100% polyester embroidery thread of 40-weight, 1,100 yard double-snap spools that keep thread from unwinding. The thread is specially designed and tested for Brother® embroidery machines. The metal rack fixture is made with a polished, white finish to blend in and complement and home-studio décor. It accommodates 60 mini-king and/or king size spools and can be a tabletop display or wall mounted. No assembly required. Measures 17.5”L x 21.5”W x 2.5”D
Barbara Skimin has written an easy and fun guide that can be used with any Brother machine with the My Custom Stitch feature. This book will teach you everything you need to know about My Custom Stitch. It includes in-depth instructions for creating your own custom stitches, complete instructions for four projects and detailed information on Brother's Pacesetter models. If you can imagine it, you can create it!
An extension table is a wonderful tool for many of your sewing needs! While supporting your fabric to the left of your work area, you are free to sew without the tug and pull of excess fabric weight. Great for large projects such as quilting and home dec. This table is retro fitted to our machines so there are no gaps or additional fitting to be done when you get it home. The support legs fold flat for easy storage.
Extra Large Three Stage Hoop for the PC8200, PC85oo, PC8500D and the PC6500. Create extra large designs without the need to reposition your fabric. The convenient repositioning feature allows you to move the hooped fabric to an additional overlapping section. Imagine combining several smaller designs to create a larger design with no need to rehoop. This hoop increases the area that you may embroider in one hooping to approximately 5" X 12" Make it even easier with our PE Design Embroidery Software! Many versions of PE design allow you to combine designs on your PC.
Small Hoop Monogramming Hoop or small motif hoop. For small embroidery in small places. This hoop is a great size for monograms as well as adding small designs to collars and cuffs as well as infant wear. This is a must have for the home embroiderer. Fits the PC6500, PC8200, PC8500 and the PC8500D.
One 13"x19" sheet can cover all your different hoop needs! Excellent for adhering to fabrics with excessive stretch, such as Lycra or spandex. Great embroidery backing for topping. Helps to minimize movement of the face fabric during embroidery. Completely removable when submerged in warm water or through a gentle wash cycle. A great tool for hard-to-hoop or small embroidery projects. Excellent for stand-along embroideries, such as lace.
This foot looks similar to the picot foot from the top The groove under the foot is slightly wider and flatter to form and to create a beautiful narrow hem
This foot attaches zippers and pipings easily. Its position can be adjusted exactly on the edge of the zipper/piping, avoiding the non-flat parts of them. It also presses the fabric with just the right pressure.
Zipper, Piping and Trim application foot Adjustable zipper foot for left or right seams Adjustable guide to accommodate varying piping dimensions Single stitch opening for accurate and perfect straight stitch creation *** Requires Low Shank Adapter for ULT Series, PC-6500, PC-8200 and PC-8500 sewing machines
The design of this foot places your ready-made bias tape or will fold and place precut bias strips correctly for easy sewing to the edge of a fabric
This non-stick foot glides over difficult fabric surfaces with ease, while improving stitch quality in many problem fabrics Some fabrics may bind under metal feet often causing problems with a consistant feed resulting in poor stitch quality The non stick foot overcomes problems with fabric such as loop and hook tapes, leather and vinyl. Perfect for hemming plastic tablecloths!
For quilt and patchwork piecing with 1/4" or 1/8" seam allowances. Using the center needle, straight stitch position, the right front edge of this foot provides a guide for creating even ¼-inch seams for quilts, doll clothes and heirloom sewing projects. When using the left side of the foot as a guide, an 1/8-inch seam is created.
The adjustable guide on this foot offers perfectly centered hands free placement of cords, ribbon, braiding, or tape up to 5mm in width. 1. Loosen the screw on the presser foot and insert a braid through the guide before attaching the presser foot on the machine. 2. Slide the plate of the guide back and forth to fit the width of the braid. 3. Tighten the screw and pull the braid behind the presser foot. 4. Attach the presser foot onto the machine. 5. Set the zig zag width slightly wider than the width of the braid. 6. Stitch braid in place.
This foot is also called a darning foot and may be used as a free motion foot. The foot raises and lowers with the needle to allow fabric to be moved between stitches and to hold fabric in place while stitches are created. 1. Lower the feed dogs. 2. Set the machine for straight stitch. 3. Place the fabric beneath the presser foot. 4. Use both hands to hold the fabric firmly. 5. Begin to sew moving the fabric at an even pace. (Screw on Foot. Requires Low Shank Adapter for ULT/PC series.)
The Clearview foot can be used with any application where visibility of seams or pattern markings are desired for ease in embellishment as the foot is clear plastic. This foot is similar to SA147 except this foot has a clear bar in front of the needle. Perfect for quilting applique'!
Used for embellishing with 1-3 cords. Cords or yarn are held by a clip on the top of the foot. Simply insert cords under the clip and stitch down using a serpentine zig zag or other decorative stitch. Great for couching! . Similar in use to SA157 & SA158
The Fringe foot is a good tool for creating 3-D flowers, heirloom seam joins, surface texture and custom trims with a simple zig zag stitch. This foot was originally designed and used to mark construction details by creating tailor tacking, so feel free to use it as a great marking too as well!
The Gathering Foot can be used for lightly gathering fabric as well as attaching the gathered edge to a flat (ungathered) fabric, at the same time quickly and easily. The gathering foot will allow the sewer to gently ease or slightly gather fabric for various garment and home decorating applications.
The adjustable guide can be used to sew parallel rows at preset even intervals. Slide straight bar into the hole of the presser foot ankle or walking foot (equipped with a mounting hole). The distance from the needle may be adjusted by sliding the guide from left to right.
The walking foot is a moving feed system that holds and moves fabric between the presser foot's upper feed dog and the machines's lower feed dogs to better control difficult fabrics as well as multiple layers of fabric. The walking foot is great for quilting, sewing when matching prints or plaids or fabric drift is an issue . Brother offers several Walking feet which differ in the size of the feed dog, shank height etc. Please check your manual or the machine listings on this web site to find the correct walking foot to fit your machine. Walking Feet are not for use in reverse or side to side sewing as well as some built in stitches that include other than forward movement of the feed dogs.
PED Basic® allows you to apply simple editing operations to embroidery data (.pes and .pen files) created with our embroidery design software and to write the designs to original cards. PES and PEN files can also be purchased or obtained from the internet. PEN files are encrypted files that are purchased from www.iBroidery.com. Free update for original version can be found at www.brother-usa.com. Version 1.07 is necessary for PEN file recognition.
