BROTHER SE400 Combination Computerized Sewing and 4x4 Embroidery Machine with 67 Stitches, 70 Built-in Designs, 5 Lettering Fonts, Metal, White

wife said its fantastic loves it to bits never see her now as she in her craft room most time now..

I just purchased a Brother SE-400 computerized sewing and embroidery machine from Jeganology via Amazon.com. It arrived within three days. So far, I am VERY pleased with this machine. Loving embroidery, I decided to purchase the Brother SE-400, as it had all the features I wanted and it was within my price range. Noteworthy is the fact that the SE-350 and the SE-400 are the exact same machines except for the additional computer connectivity that the SE-400 possesses. The SE-400 has a port for computer connectivity and comes with a USB cable which helps connect directly the sewing machine to your computer. This is an advantage over the SE-350 as this feature allows you to upload embroidery designs directly from the web(or your computer) to your machine, and update your machine's operational software from Brother whenever updates occur. The SE-400 is compact enough, comes with a handle at the top, which makes it truly portable. Even though it is relatively lightweight (compared to my good 40-year old "all metal" Kenmore), the SE-400 feels sturdy while sewing and it is a very easy machine to operate. The manuals that came with the machine are very well written and the diagrams easy to follow. It took me only a few minutes to figure out how this machine operates. I love the self threading feature of the machine, as well as the built-in thread cutter, bobbin sensors, and drop in lower bobbin. I was also delighted to find out that the embroidery part of the machine has the following built in features: You can reflect an embroidery design; and rotate the design 1 degree, 10 degrees, or 90 degrees at a time. I appreciated all the enclosed accessories that came with my SE-400. I wished though that it came with an additional large embroidery hoop too, besides the medium hoop. I guess I will have to buy a large hoop sooner or later, if I am to become more involved with machine embroidery. The SE-400 is a good choice for a home sewer. I give it a 5-star. One more note. If you are looking for a hard carrying case for this machine, I highly recommend the Brother 5300 universal hard carrying case. It is the perfect fit for it.

I bought this machine just to do a little monogramming on everyday items but it does such a great job I am finding more and more things to do with it. It never fails. It is so easy to use and portable I take it with me whenever I have free time. Good quality and good price. Quick delivery. Totally satisfied! Be sure to use good quality embroidery thread for best results. It will surprise you!

I'm a sewer. I had my old machine for 40+ years. When it came time to tune it up, it was cheaper to buy a new one. (Not this one.) But I wanted the embroidery part as well as a sewing machine. This machine will spoil you! It truly threads the needle. None of that "just hold the thread in one hand and push this leaver with the other and it should thread it". It does! (I check many other machines and they do not really do this.) Sure, I can still see to do it, but darn, I'm spoiled! It's so fast and saves time. Also, cuts the thread when your done. Yeah, yeah, I own scissors, I can cut my own thread. Okay, spoiled there too! Who knew that would be enjoyed so much? The "sew" button lights up red, when you can't sew, green when you can (Yellow when you forgot something). It's making it harder and harder to teach my grand kids to sew on a standard machine. Also, I was old school. No foot petal? What? Yeah, very nice! Now when I use my serger, it seems odd. Then there's the warning "you're almost out of bobbin thread". It warns you and stops. You can start again for a few stitches and it'll stop again. Repeat. Lift up your fabric to see how much is really left. Maybe you can finish your seem. I was sort of bothered by having to do that. Then I was using an old machine, ran out of bobbin thread, didn't know, kept sewing, only to find out at the end of my run. So yeah, another spoil! Well, I don't like saying this, but this old girl deserves to be spoiled! It's a computer, so it'll tell you what's what (on the screen). Like, "lower your pressure foot". Or when I didn't raise the marker for the button length, when I was done with the button. So it's nice to know, instead of saying to yourself, why isn't it working? Or having to problem solve. I have embroidered, but not a ton. It does a very nice job of it. It's easy enough to do. It's fun to add another layer to your items with embroidery. Changing the thread for every color is the time consuming part. I don't have it all down, when it comes to where to put my area I want embroidered. I can be "off", so I've embroidered first and cut my piece out after. I just haven't spend that much time on it. But what embroidering I did do, I realized that I want to be sewing while the machine is embroidering (instead of just sitting there). So I bought a second SE400. That is how much I enjoy sewing on this machine. I wanted to spend less for my second sewing machine, but when it came down to all of the spoiling features, this was what I wanted to use all of the time. It really is a wonderful machine. I've never had any issues with it sewing "off" or pulling to one side. It's a dream to use. (If I could, I'd buy this machine for each of my grand children.) I highly recommend this Brother SE400 for a sewing machine and it's a bonus that it can embroider! I do not have one thing I'd change about the SE400. The embroidery area is 4", so that limits your larger patterns, But you pay for the larger size. I can't afford that. This offers so much at a very good price. Even has a great warranty. If I could give it 10 stars, I would!

Hallo habe mir nach langem hin und her für diese maschine entschieden und ich mus sagen die der Händler ist super habe über Email alles abgeklärt und immer schnelle Antworten bekommen Mit dem Zoll gab es keine Probleme ( 77 euro Zoll musste ich noch bezahlen aber das war mir es wert den die Maschine in Deutschland ist viel teurer ist baugleic hmit der Inovis 955 ) Und mit einem Spannugswandler geht das super Bin Top Zufrieden MFG

This was mainly for my wife. There's a bit of a learning curve as it's her first time to use a sewing machine. But with lots of Youtube videos and the user manual, she was able to use it, mainly for the embroidery creation part. I also learn with her as she wants us to learn together or if she needs help I'm there to tell her what I know. We still have to learn the sewing part. So far so good we got this in May 2018, this is sturdy machine that does its job. It's beyond our expectations, we never knew that sewing machines can do embroidery too, and it's computerized. I never knew Brother makes sewing machines until we reviewed sewing machines (I only knew them for making label maker before), and they make high quality sewing machines.

I ordered this machine right before Christmas and couldn't wait to get it! I have wanted to try an embroidery machine for a while now and this one fit the budget and had great reviews. I've only used it for embroidery so far so that is all I can comment on at this time. Straight out of the box I was so excited to try it out that I popped in the dvd and turned it on and gave it a go. I worked amazingly well! I followed basic instructions to set it up and was able to embroider right away. Loading the bobbin is just as easy as my other brother machines, it just drops in the front and you can see it so you can tell when it is getting low. One bobbin came pre-loaded and it also came with a new, large, spool of bobbin thread. It didn't come with a sample of embroidery thread but I had some already. (Using the right thread for embroidery is very important; it must be embroidery thread and embroidery bobbin thread.) I tested out several designs and fonts that came pre-loaded on the machine. I did NOT touch the tension, I still have it set to where it was from the factory, 4. The designs and words were beautiful and the stitches look great. I also downloaded tons of free embroidery designs from various websites and moving them to the machine was easy after I read the instructions. I also downloaded a free trial of an embroidery software program to test out and I love that I can combine images with words and resize designs. I found this to all be relatively easy with a few tutorials and the instructions. The automatic threader is the best one I've seen on a brother machine. On my other machines the thread would fray a bit when the mechanism puts it through the eye of the needle and sometimes the thread would break and I'd have to do it again. On this machine the threader is a totally different design and it works quite well. This machine will only embroider a 4x4" area but there is a repositional hoop that will allow you take a larger design, up to 4x6" and split it so you can move the hoop and not have to re-hoop the fabric. You do need an embroidery software program to do this but there a few choices out there. Even with the smaller design area there is still so much you can do with this machine. I especially love how I can do applique with this machine, it is so much fun and so cute, the design possibilities are endless. Stabilizers are another important piece of embroidery equipment, you have to use either tear away, cut away, or wash away stabilizer, sometimes a combination of two. The machine came with a sample but I haven't used that, I buy it by the yard at my local fabric store. As for delivery and packaging, I have no complaints. My machine came in it's original box placed inside a brown amazon box. I like that added packing. I chose a free delivery option and since I don't currently have prime I had to wait a few days longer than most but it was delivered when Amazon said it would be and I saved the shipping money so I was happy with that. Bottom line: I love this machine, I think it is a great value for the home embroiderer and it is very user friendly if you have just basic knowledge of sewing machines and can read a manual.