I’ve spent a couple of hours this afternoon with the new Brother innov-is 1500 Embroidery Machine and it’s instruction manual and had a great experience. What a fantastic piece of kit! The larger hoop sizes supported (versus our older machine) opens up a world of new and larger possibilities!
However, for my next project (embroidering monograms onto napkins) I’m working at a smaller scale. Therefore, I’m going to need to use a smaller hoop (to avoid huge amounts of stabiliser wastage).
@textilestechs - do we have any plans to acquire smaller hoops for the Innov 1500? If not I’d be happy to buy some and donate them to the space.
The smaller embroidery machine supports 4x4 (10cm x 10cm) - it’s currently having tension issues, which you’re welcome to have a look to see if you can crack it (I’ve not been able to be in the space properly for a while to give it a proper look)
The manual lists a small and medium size - I mentioned it with @jamesnwalker , that maybe it would be nice to get them. (But I don’t think it’s been a pressing priority? I just said it as part of chit chat. Maybe if a few more of us request?)
I did flag this up with the other techs, although we need an onboarding from @directors before we can order parts ourselves. Just letting you know I haven’t forgotten!
