Brother PE535 Embroidery Machine, 80 Built-in Designs, 4″ x 4″ Hoop Area, Large 3.2″ LCD Touchscreen, USB Port, 9 Font Styles

Verified Purchase: “If you want to learn machine embroidery without spending a ton of money, this is your machine. It’s modestly priced and relatively small, for this type of machine. So if space is a limiting factor, this is also a good choice.

Things to know;
1) This is a embroidery-only machine. It does not do regular sewing.
2) If you want to do regular sewing as well, you either need a separate sewing machine (which I already have) or a combo machine. Brother makes a number of these, and some are available on Amazon.
3) It has a number of designs and alphabets installed in its memory, but you are not limited to those.

Things you will need;
1) Embroidery thread- you can buy packaged sets or individual spools.
2) Extra needles. It comes with a couple, but machine embroidery can wear out needles faster than regular sewing does.
3) Stabilizer- this is a sheet that goes behind your fabric to keep it from puckering under all those stitches.
4) USB stick- to bring designs from your computer over to the machine.
5) Software to digitize & edit images. This is not absolutely necessary, but expands what you can do.

I didn’t have trouble following the directions for the machine at all. I did have a little difficulty learning to use the threader; it takes a bit of practice. I did some trial pieces to get the feel for placing and sizing designs and got some good results quickly. (See pics.).

The only minor issues are that there is no onboard storage for little things like spool caps and that the included dust cover is flimsy. I sewed my own, as you can see.”

Reviewed in the United States on June 23, 2020

98 people found this helpful