September 2008 - Posts

• June From Brother - One other thing...

  Not sure where someone got the idea that we are already making an upgrade for the new Quattro....not true!  Trust me, I would know.....I still reeling from what it took to get this one done.  Nite all! Posted Sep 18 2008, 09:44 PM by JuneMellinger with 8 comment(s) Filed under: Quattro

• June From Brother - This and That

  Well ladies, there certainiy has been lots of discussion about what to pay for a machine.  I have to say once Brother sells the product to the dealer, it is up to the dealer to set a reasonable price. They do that based on many things.  The most important thing for all of you to remember when making your purchase is the relationship that you will build with that dealer.  Some  dealers have great classes and clubs.  Some have great customers who learn from each other. Some just have prices that intrigue customers.  Some have strategic locations and others have wonderful sales help.  The most important thing is that that all are doing one thing in common....selling a great brand....Brother. Back to the business at hand....if you have not had a chance to visit our site recently please do so....www.brothersews.com.....there is so much to see and learn there. Most importantly about our new machines and this month's offers! To the gal who wished she had a USB port for her PE-700, why not pick up PE-Basic and download from your computer to the card!  Same thing just a different method of transferring data. To the gal who loves PE-Design 8.0, it is cool and I have to say that when we intro'd it to our dealers at convention....they drooled over the new features.  They loved that instant stippling or the ability to merge and eliminate the bump in the middle!  I am sure there are more questions that need answers but my husband has just come home after a long day and I am sure he would like a cup of coffee!  Talk to you all later!  Been a busy week...went to the Project Runway finals in NYC/Bryant Part ....no I can't tell you who won...met with Better Homes and Gardens Quilting  on Monday...they have lots of great new contest ideas coming up.  One good idea is that they make each staff member sew for 1 hour each week....no more no less.  Gotta try that.  Met with Country Living on Tuesday...it's their 30th anniversary....okay I am embarrassed. I have the first issue that they put out 30 years ago.  I just love that magazine and now that they have sewing stories. well I am alll over it. PS....I just finished a one hour Chat session with Fiskars...you know the Scissors folks....they call this group the Fiskateers.....and now I am officially one of them.... Posted Sep 18 2008, 09:22 PM by JuneMellinger with 9 comment(s) Filed under: PE700, PEDesign, Quattro

• New Dream Machine From Brother

  Hello! I am new to blogging, but there is no better time than now to jump online to tell you about the new machine that we at Brother have just introduced! If you haven’t already heard, our new top-of-the-line 'dream machine' was released a few weeks ago and it is truly a machine worth talking about. The Quattro™ 6000D is named for 1-embroidery 2-sewing 3-quilting and 4-crafting. There are more than 100 new or improved features included that will blow your mind!  Including an Up-close ™ Viewer and sensor which we call InnovEye ™  Technology--we’ve never seen anything like it in the industry--it's like having a camera built into the machine so you get a bird’s eye view of the workspace. Since this feature is so new we are still discovering ways in which it is beneficial since there are a TON. From something as easy to assisting you in precisely lining up the needle to button hole of a fancy button to perfection in free-motion quilting, there is a benefit for everyone. The technology actually repositions the embroidery hoop, hands free, when a positioning sticker is placed on the fabric—never again will you have to waste time re-hooping or try to ‘guess’ where the center of the work area is. You really have to see it in action to believe that the machine repositions the design itself!     The Quattro™ includes an HD LCD display from Sharp Corporation that is bigger and brighter than any other of our current displays-and has wide angle viewing which is perfect for showing others what's on the screen—and has built in tutorials-which are great ways to learn without leaving your machine. Plus there are a ton of other notable and time saving features that I can write about in more detail, but I just wanted to put this blog out there to see what other people are thinking and wondering. I saw that Ann posted a blog, in great detail, as a reaction to the Quattro™ which is great. We only hope that many others are just as excited. If you haven’t already seen the informative videos, go to www.brotherquattro.com and see it in action! Happy Sewing! June Posted Sep 09 2008, 03:43 PM by JuneMellinger with 42 comment(s) Filed under: realize the dream, quilting, machine embroidery, dream machine, sewing, InnovEye technology, crafting, brother Quattro 6000D