What types of home embroidery machines are there?
You’ll find that there are two main types of home embroidery machines. There are those that strictly embroider and then there are those that are combination machines that can do machine embroidery *and* regular sewing. Which kind you might want will depend on a number of factors. One important fact is that currently the only embroidery-only machines available for home hobbiests have small embroidery fields — typically in the area of 4″ by 4″. This may or may not be an issue, but it is definitely something to consider. If you have your heart set on embroidery large designs in one hooping and/or if you are also interested in a computerized sewing machine, a combination machine may be the best choice for you. How exactly does a home embroidery machine work? For the most part, the general concept is very similar from machine to machine and from brand to brand. What most of us think of when hearing machine embroidery is a picture that the machine stitches out through the use of an embroide
