Brother PE550D Embroidery Machine Review 2020

brother PE550D embroidery machine

This embroidery machine features a 4” x 4” embroidery field with 125 built-in decorative designs including 45 Disney designs. Also built-in are 9 fonts (6 English and 3 Japanese) for monogramming and personalization.

The PE550D features a large, easy to view color touch screen so that you can see your designs and see them in alternate colors if you wish, before stitching it out. Adjust the built-in embroidery lettering fonts in multiple ways: Align text at an angle or in curves, place text on multiple lines, increase and decrease the spacing between letters, and more.

The PE550D has a built-in memory and a USB port for uploading your own designs. The automatic needle threader takes care of threading the needle for you, with just a touch of a lever. A real eye saver, and especially useful when embroidering designs that require multiple thread changes.

There are 125 built-in high quality embroidery designs, 45 of these are your favorite Disney and Pixar characters. Further choices can be made from holiday designs, florals, borders, alphabets, and kids.

You can personalize projects using the six different lettering fonts. They come in three sizes: small, medium and large. The varied numbers, symbols and alphabet can be changed between upper and lower case.

Main Features:

  • User Friendly: The Brother PE550D is very easy to set up and operate.
  • The Disney designs are of very high quality and are very subtle on the machine.
  • Multiple Design Options: This model includes 125 built-in embroidery design choices.
  • LCD Display: This machine includes a large color LCD touchscreen for choosing designs and making edits.
  • You’re able to use the USB port feature of the machine to upload numerous additional designs to the ones that already came with the machine, increasing your options.
  • The machine is small, compact and lightweight and this aids its portability.

4″x4″ Embroidery field

Embroider designs up to 4″x4″, the most popular embroidery design size. The included grid sheet and built-in alignment tools help you align your design and needle position for precise placement on your fabric.

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Automatic needle threader

The automatic needle threader takes care of threading the needle for you, with just a touch of a lever. A real eye saver, and especially useful when embroidering designs that require multiple thread changes.

125 Embroidery designs

Choose from an amazing selection of 125 built-in embroidery designs, including 45 designs of your favorite Disney and Disney-Pixar characters plus decorative alphabet, borders, floral, kids and holiday designs.

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Browse the Disney and Disney-Pixar design collections on www.iBroidery.com. Here you will find your favorite classic and new Disney characters, giving you an endless supply of adorable project possibilities. Bring the magic of Disney to your fabrics! All rights reserved. ©Disney. *Additional purchase required.

Download more Disney designs*

Browse the Disney and Disney-Pixar design collections on www.iBroidery.com. Here you will find your favorite classic and new Disney characters, giving you an endless supply of adorable project possibilities.

All rights reserved. ©Disney. *Additional purchase required.

6 Embroidery lettering fonts

Personalize your creations with the selection of 6 built-in embroidery lettering fonts. Select from captial, lower case, numeric and symbol characters. Each of the fonts is available in small, medium and large sizes, to suit your project.

Pros and Cons Brother PE550D Embroidery Machine

Pros:

  • User Friendly: The Brother PE550D is very easy to set up and operate.
  • The Disney designs are of very high quality and are very subtle on the machine.
  • Multiple Design Options: This model includes 125 built-in embroidery design choices.
  • LCD Display: This machine includes a large color LCD touchscreen for choosing designs and making edits.
  • You’re able to use the USB port feature of the machine to upload numerous additional designs to the ones that already came with the machine, increasing your options.
  • The machine is small, compact and lightweight and this aids its portability.

Cons:

  • Be sure to use a good quality thread. It appears that cheaper threads may cause needles to break. This can be frustrating, and cost more money than you would save because you have to buy new needles.
  • The internal memory of the machine might also benefit from having more storage capacity. You may need to delete some designs before uploading a new one.

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