Comments on: Brother HE-120 Sewing & Embroidery Machine

By: Carol C.

Carol C. — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:48:19 +0000

I’ve had the Brother HE-120 for about 2 years. I think that this combo sewing/embroidery machine is a great value! I have had zero problems with my machine and really love it. I have used many of the decorative stitches included in the HE-120. I have been very sucessful in digitizing my own designs on Embroidery Magic 2, converting the format to PES, transferring the design to the Brother card on PED-BASIC. My friends and family love the designs I have made on clothing, pillows, shams, aprons, etc. Using this machine. I find it easy to use. The only thing that didn’t work well at first, are the thread cassettes. But I found an easy solution when researching this on the internet. When loading the cassette at step 6 on the cassette pull the thread straight up when loading the cassette. It works and I shared it with you. So my major problem with this machine when away. If you are looking to try embroidery but also want to upgrade your old sewing machine, I can recommend this one to you. I am going to continue to develop my embroidery skills and then I will keep this machine for sewing, and look for a “just embroidery” machine with a larger embroidery area as my next step.
Rating: 5 / 5

By: Wendy P.

Wendy P. — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 08:50:56 +0000

When I received the Brother HE120 I thought it was terrific. I read all the instructions and was excited to try it, and it’s many stitches out. Unfortunately, after 2 days it broke (it kept saying “lower the presser foot” and it was lowered. Even after turning it off for awhile, the message wouldn’t go away and therefore the machine would not work). The store said I would have to return it. I never even got to try the embroidery function. So, either the machine is very fragile or I just got a lemon. I returned it for refund and will try a Singer machine this time.

Rating: 3 / 5

By: R. Cooper

R. Cooper — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 08:06:06 +0000

Ok never touched a sewing machine before and i’ve sewn and embroidered with this and I can’t believe how easy it was! First thing i did was read the directions and i absolutely love how it has a step by step process on the machine as well and it’s marked on the machine to tell you exactly what to do! (nothing wrong with teaching us barney style!) anyways, I was able to thread a bobbin from the very beginning, then i learned to thread the top with no problem at all. I then ventured to try to stich and it went perfectly! my mom was impressed with what I was able to do within minutes of taking it out of the box! (like i said never touched a sewing machine prior!) ok then I thought ok now time to test the embroidery patterns out and following the instructions it was no problem at all. It turned out soooooo well! I love this machine and I am absolutely positively happy that I purchased this! It is definetely money worth spent in my opinion! It’s definetely good if your a beginner like myself, there are still things that I am gonna learn down the road but so far it’s been a blast and I can’t wait to start making things for my daughter. I took a picture of a bib that I had cross stiched and thought it would be cool to try to embroider on it. and I’ll post a pic of it to show you that a beginner can embroider and have it turn out nicely!
Rating: 5 / 5