Some financial problems and an impending move forced us into it, and I've regretted it every day since. You see, a year after I got it (and without having had the time to use it enough), we had to sell it. I would HIGHLY recommend this machine to anyone, based on ease of use. HSN has some videos of the Futura on it's website. The CE-150 is similar, but has only 24 stitches, and doesn't have the 'error' window (but does still have the tension and stitch length slide knobs). This used to retail for around $900, but it's usually going around $200 more right now. You can turn any font or clip art into an embroidery design, and then EDIT it! It's really cool. So you can download most embroidery designs on the internet, including all the freebies! If that wasn't good enough, Singer includes a whole bunch of software programs, including the most important, Autopunch, which helps you create your own embroidery designs.

The unique thing about this machine is that instead of having proprietary software, which would keep you from using other companies' embroidery designs unless you bought a separate card reader, the Futura can read all the common software.

It probably would have in a different, thicker font. When I did the medium sized lettering, it looked fine, but with the smaller lettering, it didn't show up as well.

My biggest advice with this is that if you're doing your lettering small, test it on a scrap first. I only used the embroidery part of the machine once, but it worked great, especially for a first timer. I only had a tension problem one time, and was able to fix it relatively easily. It could be anything from 'presser foot is up' to 'tangled thread'. You look it up in the book, and you know what to fix. If there is an error with the machine, the little window will show 'Er', then flash a number. You could choose a different range if you wanted to, though. Then you know you are in the proper range for that stitch. When you enter in the stitch you want, you then slide each of those knobs until the red light next to the knob changes to green. One is for the tension, and the other is for the stitch length. It has a little screen that shows digital numbers (for the 100 stitches, which are great) and two slide knobs with little lights next to them. I would follow the directions of every machine, and still have issues. Two years ago, my generous husband bought me this:Ī Singer Futura CE-250 Sewing and Embroidery Machine.

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