To begin, let’s go back a few decades when the punishment for a mistake in sewing was limited to a foot pedal, loser’s needle and a fingernail, quite a low risk. Now, happy thoughts people, because this is the age of Brother Stellaire 2 which comes to launch us into the future where serious sewing machines still possess WiFi, a tenth inch that is touch screen and embroidery whilst viewing Tik Tok videos. Such a sewing machine got upgraded – and no that Singer Singer is looking at your Nanas like, ‘Oh that’s cute.’
Where did you get your sewing machine from? Some people may ask. There was no fusion directorso. Well, that was easily solved by WIfi for sewing machines. I mean, what’s next? Bluetooth scissors?
Probably something like that. But no – it’s straight on actually quite clever. With My design Ssnap app in Brother Stellaire 2, snap photo of a design on your phone and send it to the machine, with no plugging any wires and that’s all – it is all “stitchable”. Having an assistant who plans everything seems very convenient for me while working on your creative works.
So believe me when I say, it took me trying to convince Siri to let Let’s Fig 2 Into the mid-up and printing out Mickey Mouse Embroidery on Mic Tuk Busifoun tubes popped all. The Brother Stellaire 2 finished the task much quicker and did not even attempt to push me into yet another Disney+ subscription.
Sewing professional Alice McGregor, who has scissored cloth and stitched for over 30 years, makes a mickey out of saying – back then, it was about winding motor belts, pre-thumbing the needles and altering the stitch length. These days, I think, my sewing machine does everything except file my tax return. She is not wrong. Equipped with a touchscreen and a WiFi connected brain, the Stellaire 2 almost makes me feel as if it is I, who has to catch up with the age.
The First Three Pixels or the South Park Characters Are Really Better Than Marta’s Ones.
Never have I ever thought that there would exist a smart sewing machine in my lifetime. pic.twitter.com/rii3fdI7Og
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Just when you thought there is no possibility that a sewing machine can get any more high-tech, this one also has Disney made electronic embroidery designs. Here I am talking about Mickey Minnie and more of the cartoons straight off the box. Is it strange then that a domestic appliance/mediocre scanning device/ sewing machine now has standard licensing? Sure. But does it prevent me from gstating application and you will even roads and denim pajama jackets with sowjacalics? Of course not.
I spoke to Lisa, a crafter since childhood and a sewer thanks to her grandmother, how she felt about this Disney product. I recall her saying, “My Nana would’ve rolled her eyes at the Disney feature. But then again, she also spent two weeks embroidering my name on a quilt. So maybe Mickey Mouse doing the work in five minutes isn’t such a bad idea.”
A Machine Smarter Than You
Let’s not forget that the Brother Stellaire 2 is probably smarter than half the gadgets in your home and this apochryphal story still holds today. From automatic thread tension, to built in tutorials, it is akin to having a tutor at your beck and call round the clock. That is right: no more worrying whether your stitches are going to hold, no more long evening pursuits of ‘how to fix thread tension’ on You tube videos. The machine has got your back and I guarantee no one would make one feel guilty about having help.
“I appreciate the touchscreen,” professional quilter Emma Taylor adds. “It is like going from a swivel phone to an iPhone in a day. Because now I can tamp with the width of the stitch or patterns of the embroidery with just a press of a finger. And believe it or not… there are times when I feel that the sewing machine knows more than I do!”
Emma is an expert quilter, yet she acknowledges that the Brother Stellaire 2 has completely changed her quilting experience. “I remember dedicating several hours in brokering on an embroidery design. Now it is like the machine is saying ‘I have this, why don’t you go take a coffee break.’”
Is It an Operating Manual…Or A College Degree That Is More Helpful For This Machine?
Let’s not deceive ourselves, this machine is impeccable. It is the Formula 1 of sewing machines, and as is the case with the other gadgets in high-class range, it has a steep learning curve. At some point this time, I was seated before SS3 looking rather dazed, as I clicked on ‘yes’ to the question, ‘do you want to update firmware?’ Hold on, am I going to sew something, or is it about to upgrade to windows ten?
But as I said learning a complex software and machine does have its rewards once you get to grips with it the options are limitless. It could be embroidery, quilting, or simply plain designs. all with ease and with no tedious undertaking.
And if you fail? The machine is probably likely to give you a solution even before you realize that you have made a mistake.
So I turned to one of these veterans, seamstress Nora Foster, and asked her opinion about all these features. “Sigh”. “I miss the simpler times when the most troublesome part of sewing was just how to thread the needle. But then again, I miss my VHS player too, so maybe this is not too much of a big deal.”
The Next Evolution of Sewing Machines…Or simply, the Same Old Story?
The Brother Stellaire 2 is not a mere sewing machine, it is a statement. It is informing us that sewing is not merely a union of fabrics and threads today. It is now more of a machine with precision and, if I may be so bold, even sophistication.
For professional sewer Dan Madsen, “Imagine every single thing we thought sewing could ever be and then imagine someone going; ‘Yeah but what if it was this machine that had a tesla image of a sewing machine?’”
So then, if you are okay with moving forward to the next step of evolution, and for that matter leaving your sewing projects to the machines which are very intelligent wizards – then you should give the Brother Stellaire 2 a try. Oh, but be careful – it is going to steal your thunder. And don’t say you didn’t see it coming when it wants the WiFi password when you plug it.
