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Singer Sewing Machine Goes High Tech
You probably know Singer as the 150 year-old company that makes sewing machines. Seems the old stitch maker is getting with the times and has released a new line of sewers that interact with computers via USB. These aren't the first such machines with USB support, but Singer's new line will range between just $699 to $1,399 (cheap for a quality sewer).
The USB interface means you can upload pictures directly to your machine and let it do the embroidery for you. You can also use included software with clip-art to make cutesy designs and sit back while it does all the hard work. For traditionalists, the new Singers include standard features like a built-in needle threader, a selection of 80 stitches, a buttonholer, and, perhaps best of all, a "handy vinyl accessory storage bag."
We can't think of a better way to make some Pac-Man-themed pillows for that gaming nephew of ours -- assuming he knows who Pac-Man is.
From Technology Live
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Comments
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Subscribe to commentsjan bennett-collierJul 27th 2007 2:14PM
Is this a big deal just because it's Singer? There've been other brands of sewing machines with these capabilities, and more, around for years. Singer may have once been 'first' or 'best', but no longer so among serious sewers, that's for sure.
JudyJul 27th 2007 2:24PM
I have not seen a sewing machine that can duplicate PICTURES from the net! This should be really popular. I am a professional seamstress an although Singer is not a precision made machine, I think it sure sounds great!
CharbarJul 27th 2007 2:31PM
It would be far worth saving a few more months and getting a Janome or Bernina then wasting money on a Singer. The name is still there, but the quality has become so far inferior due to being sold to so many different factories over time. Do your research on ALL brands, then make your decision. But ask your sales person exactly who Manufactures the machine you are buying and where. For instance, Janome manufactures all their own machines, but they also manufacture for Elna and Sears. Good luck ... and remember, names aren't always what they crack up to be!
sewwhowantstoknowJul 28th 2007 11:28PM
Singer is a 150 years old name, but not a 150 years old company. (Ask anyone who owned Singer stock in the '80s.) Believe me, this is not the quality of your Grandmother's 15-91. Check and compare; do not depend solely on a washed-up brand name.
DirceAug 4th 2007 9:24AM
To technology Live people:
Singer and any other machine CAN NOT reproduce PICTURES or clipart as embroidery. I'm an embroidery digitizer and I know what I'm saying. Please, make a research and get knowledge before making your statements and before displaying SILLINESS to incentive people to buy cats as hares. The USB interface just means a way to input existing digitized designs - which actually is a Program on the format that the machine will read - to the machine, that whay it can THEN embroider. No one can take a picture or clipart or any kind of image file format and make ANY machine embroider directly, even the industrial ones need a pre-digitized embroidery design to embroider. And the software needed to digitize an embroidery usually costs a big amount of money, and even the expensive or professional ones requires good knowledge on the digitizing technique in order to make an embroidery design that will embroider with quality - both visual and technical.
Dirce