Machine embroidery can add any design to your projects to make them look prettier and unique, the embroidery can be added to any garment before or after it is constructed.
If you love to sew, you might be wondering about starting to add some embroidery to your projects as this step will make them unique.
What Makes Machine Embroidery Expensive?
Machine Embroidery can be expensive due to the materials and the machines that are used to add a design to any garment, and this is because you might need an expensive machine, thread, needles, stabilizers and special scissors.
How Much Will It Cost You To Start Embroidery As A Hobby?
Like some other hobbies, getting started at embroidery has an initial cost.
The cost might be different depending on what type of embroidery machine you want to start with, as you can find in the market some machines that are designed to deliver high quality embroidery with an affordable price to start with it as a hobby, whiie there are other machines that are also designed to deliver high embroidery quality but they come with a higher price tag.
When looking for the price of an embroidery machine as the first step, you might also want to take a look to other supplies you will need to have in the sewing room to help you to work with ease on any project you want to add an embroidery design on it.
- Embroidery thread
- Stabilizer
- Special scissors to cut the embroidery thread on your project
- Temporary adhesive spray
- Embroidery needles
- Fabric or garments you want to add an embroidery
- Embroidery design cards or software
After you make your initial embroidery supply list, it might tell you that the cost of a home embroidery machine can go from $500 to over $1000.
But if you are thinking about getting an industrial or professional embroidery machine, then the initial price for your embroidery hobby can be around of $7,000 to over $8,000 or even more.
Can You Start Your Embroidery Hobby With An Affordable Machine?
If you’re new to embroidery machines, the first thing to take a look at is that a regular sewing machine is quite different from an embroidery machine.
Embroidery machines are designed and build to help any person who is looking to start embroidery as a hobby or as a business to work with it with ease and deliver the highest embroidery quality.
Most embroidery machines works with a software that can read the embroidery design and will do the embroidery on your project without the need to doing almost nothing from you.
I still remember the first time I worked with the first embroidery machine I bought (Brother) and I saw how all I needed to do was to put the project (fabric) on the hoop, attach the hoop to the embroidery machine and put in the embroidery design card in the machine and turn the machine on, then the machine started to do the embroidery by itself, it stopped when I needed to change the thread for a different thread color, press on and the machine will continue doing the embroidery, all you need to do is to supervise the machine while is working.
Some embroidery machines can only do embroidery, while others are combo machines, by this means, these machines can do sewing and embroidery, but they also come with a price tag.
To learn more what machine you will need to bring to your sewing room, you need to know in advance what is the purpose of your hobby or if you want to know more about if this could be a good home based embroidery business.
The cost of an embroidery machine will also depend on the brand, as they are made to last and always deliver high embroidery quality.
What Is The Real Cost Of Machine Embroidery?
When you think about why machine embroidery is so expensive, this is due to the count of stitches, as any embroidery design is valued by the number of stitches that are required to make each embroidery design.
Most people have a price for every 1,000 stitches, and it can go from $0.50 to $4.50, the price might be different from one country to another.
The Machine Embroidery Cost will depend on:
- Embroidery design
- Change of thread colors
- Type of item to be embroidered (hats, baby cloths, piece of fabric)
- Number of items to be embroidered
- Type of machine or equipment needed
As you learn how the machine embroidery is done, you will understand why it is so expensive.
What Is The Real Cost Of Time On An Embroidery Machine?
Garments with any embroidery design have a higher cost, and this is because all the embroidery machines that are needed to do the embroidery on any item, but there’s also the cost that comes with the time a sewer need to put in to add any embroidery design to an item.
When looking to start your home based embroidery business, you can also price your product by the time you spend doing one particular embroidery design on any item.
When you think about pricing your embroidered product by the time, you might need also to think about the time you put to learn the ropes of this hobby.
Why Embroidery Garments Are So Expensive?
When you think about all the costs you need to put in to get started on your embroidery hobby, the embroidery machine and all the equipment, and the hours you put in to learn the ropes of your new hobby, plus the additional cost of the software to make new designs and the skills to do it.
Can You Start With Embroidery Machines With No Business Purposes?
Yes, some sewers and quilters will love to learn how to do machine embroidery and they will get an embroidery machine to add an embroidery design to any garment or quilt they make, without the need to sell any of their projects.
The joy of making your sewing projects with an embroidery design is something that will help you to deliver a professional finish to your projects.
Some quilts are made with an embroidery design that do the quilting on your project at the same time, and they look amazing!
Closing
Embroidery machine is a great hobby to start, you will be adding pretty designs to your projects, but before you get into it, it’s always better about how much does it cost and how expensive it can be.
Whether you start making embroidery machine as a hobby or as a business, you will need to learn the basics at the beginning, but later you will love it as it can be fun and it will help you to make pretty and unique garments.
Happy Sewing!
