my embroidery machine janome 200E

I was looking for an embroidery machine for a while,but I had no clue how to do embroidery. I told my hubby and he said to me,just to make sure that I  use it. Well i decided to get one,something not to expensive. I got the janome 200E.beautiful machine,very basic,but I love it.I'm still learning about stabilizers and all that deal that comes with embroidery.

I got the machine for $500,it was the same everywhere.I get to upload free embroidery designs online and upload it to the machine with a thumb drive.I had tons of difficulties,trying to find out the zip and un zip thing. but thank God for the prayers and many hrs oh and patience that took for me to figure out this embroidery.the machine comes with some designs and 3 alphabets.

the machine at work.

My daughter always asking 'mami can I try'

 a small pillowcase 

My Serger

I got my serger  Juno by Janome model 3434D, about a year ago in Hancock's fabrics.I really like it,the only thing is a bit noisy,but other than that is a great machine,it has differential feed, which is to feed the fabric and ruffle it. I guess like every other serger it has colors to follow with thread. the threading system is super easy,when i first got it I got to used it right away nothing too complicated.The actual price is $329.99, but I got it for $179.00,not bad for my first serger. Why did I get it? Because I wanted my garments to look more professional and sure they do.i can use 3 or 4 threads,I usually use 4.

A year later still runs like new,I use air spray after every  use ,to keep it clean.