The Shop Equipment and Technology

The Shop has tools and supplies for hand and machine sewing

The following equipment is available to use:

• Five Brother Model CS6000i Sewing Machines and two Brother Model CS7000x Sewing Machines for regular sewing and quilting. These machines also have 60 built-in stitches included and 7 styles of 1-step auto-size buttonholes.
• One Brother PE800 embroidery machine. 

• 5" x 7" embroidery field for larger designs and lettering
• Color touch LCD screen
• 138 built-in designs
• 11 font styles
• Extensive design editing - Rotate, mirror-image, increase and decrease the size of your designs
• Built-in tutorials
• Built-in memory for importing embroidery designs with USB
• Fast stitch speed

• One Brother PE900 embroidery machine. 

• 5" x 7" embroidery field for larger designs and lettering
• Color touch LCD screen
• 193 built-in designs
• 13 font styles
• Extensive design editing - Rotate, mirror-image, increase and decrease the size of your designs
• Built-in tutorials
• Built-in memory for importing embroidery designs with USB
• Fast stitch speed

• One Brother 1034D Serger. This machine is designed for finishing the edges and hems of a wide range of fabrics, including formal wear, linens and stretchy fabrics, and for creating ruffles and decorative edges.
• One SINGER® 14HD854 Heavy Duty Serger.
• One SINGER® Heavy Duty 6800C Sewing Machine.
• Singer Adjustable Dress Forms - one S/M size , one M/L size.

Scrap fabric and thread are available for practice. Bring fabric and thread for your own unique projects.

1. Use the serger when working with knit fabrics.

2. Use the pinking shears when cutting your fabric to discourage fraying.

3. Use the embroidery thread for the embroidery machine, and regular thread for the sewing machine.

Brother CS6000i Operation Manuals

Brother CS6000i Overview (video)

Brother CS7000x Manuals

Threading the Brother CS6000i and Winding a Bobbin (video)

Brother 1034D Serger Manuals

Brother 1034D Serger Overview (video)

Threading the Brother 1034D Serger (video)

Unable to get into the Beginner Sewing Class or classes do not fit into your schedule? Come into The Shop and sit and make one using the Beginner Sewing Bookmark Kit - instructions are provided.