Specification
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #12748 in Kitchen & Housewares
- Color: White
- Brand: Brother
- Model: LB6800PRW
- Dimensions: 22.00" h x
16.00" w x
21.50" l,
25.00 pounds
Features
- Enjoy true versatility with a full range of 67 sewing stitches, comprehensive sewing functions, plus 4-inch-by-4-inch embroidery design and editing. Easy-view back-lit touch screen LCD display accesses all your stitches and designs
- Creative embroidery design options - with 70 built-in designs, 120 frame combinations and 5 lettering fonts; computer connectivity to import designs purchased from iBroidery.com, other sites, or from your PC, or Brother memory card
- Comes complete with 4-inch-by-4-inch embroidery hoop, 7 specialty sewing feet, designer rolling bag, USB cable, embroidery bobbin thread, soft cover, and more
- Reliable, easy threading of both top thread and bobbin for even, consistent stitching. One-touch automatic thread cutter cuts your top and bobbin thread with ease
- Bilingual user manual, 25-year limited warranty, and free phone support for the life of the product. We do not recommend using this machine in countries that do not support 120V AC even if a voltage adapter is in use
Product Description
Get the best of both worlds with this combination Sewing and Embroidery machine from Brother! The LB6800PRW Project Runway Limited Edition model offers a full range of 67 sewing stitches with 98 sewing stitch functions, and allows you to add beautiful, decorative embellishments to your creations with its included 4”x4” embroidery capabilities. Choose from the built-in embroidery design library of 70 decorative designs, 120 frame pattern combinations and 5 lettering fonts, and, for even more options, use the built-in USB port to import designs from your PC. Plus, the beautiful Project Runway custom rolling bag helps protect your machine, and makes it easy to take to classes. Perfect for beginners and more advanced sewers, the LB6800PRW includes built-in tutorials to view on the LCD display screen, a printed Quick Start guide, and a complete instructions manual in English and in Spanish.
Customer Reviews
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351 of 358 people found the following review helpful.
Great Machine
By Evadman
I was going to get a regular sewing machine, but it was only about $50 extra for one that could also do embroidery. The machine I decided to get was the Brother LB6800PRW. This is exactly the same as the SE-400, except it comes with a carry-cart for portability, and has some 'project runway' branding on it. Both have a 100mm by 100mm embroidery field (4 inches by 4 inches, though the hoop looks bigger in pictures). The LB6800PRW was only a few dollars more than the SE-400 when I purchased it, and the bag that comes with the LB6800PRW will at least keep the dust off the machine once I get bored with it. Both the SE-400 and this one have 512k of memory that can be accessed though USB, so you can make and load embroidery patterns from a computer. I don't understand why that is even optional, all embroidery machines should allow USB connectivity, there is more than just letters to embroider. Software to make your own embroidery is another matter, as nothing comes with the machine for making customized patterns, and it is pretty expensive, so keep that in mind.The machine has a touch screen for choosing stitches and built in patterns, which I like. I don't like that the default stitch is one that I will never use (left stitch instead of centered in the foot), but I got used to always changing it pretty quickly. The auto-threader is awesome as well, threading the needle was usually a pain, especially with thicker thread. No issues on this one after a few months of use. The auto-thread-cut is a great feature as well (push a button and the machine cuts the top and bobbin thread)The first thing I did was make some curtains for a small half-moon window in my bedroom. There is an annoying streetlight right on the other side, so it definitely needed a curtain. Trimming one from the store to 24" long solved the problem nicely. The machine did great, though it was only about 40 inches of sewing. No issues to speak of. The feed tracks straight, so when sewing only minimal left-right adjustment is needed to stay on track.Once that was completed, I wanted to try out the embroidery functions. There were 2 main projects I wanted to use the machine for. Those were a custom shirt for someone at work, and a baby bib for a friend who is having a baby. the first thing I tried was putting my name on a towel for a test using the built in embroidery font. That failed miserably on the first try because I did not use a stabilizer. The instructions said a stabilizer was 'recommended', but it is actually pretty much required. I have yet to find a fabric that can be embroidered on this machine without a stabilizer.Once I put on a stabilizer, the result looked fine when I took it out of the machine, but as I started to trim the jumps between letters, the thread started unraveling. I put it back in the machine and embroidered my name right over the existing design again, and paid more attention to what the machine was doing. Sure enough, the machine was not locking the thread at the beginning and end of each letter (backing up and going over the thread again to keep it from unraveling). That's a pretty big oversight in the programming. I was able to get around it by manually going over the end of each letter. Still, it was an annoyance, and the results didn't look as good as I would have liked. Some letters are worse than others, with the lowercase 'A' being the worst. In some instances, the 'A' would start unraveling while the next letter was being sewn.I also broke a needle by following the instructions. The instructions state to gently hold the tread for the first few stitches, so the top thread doesn't pull out of the needle. Well, 'gentle' is actually 'not at all' as the needle can only take a very small amount of force before bending enough to hit the foot and break on the down stroke. So I swapped out the needle, and made my first accessory purchase, a pack of 100 needles.After giving up on the built in fonts, I tried some graphical embroidery. I looked around for some patterns (besides the ones on the machine) and found that they all cost a decent amount of money. I found a free dragon finally, and put it on a wash towel using some overlock thread I had laying around. It looked really good, and the design had the lock stitches built into it correctly. It was actually a surprising amount of stitches, more than 10,000. It took about 20 minutes for the machine to sew it, so the machine averaged about 500 stitches per minute on that design. I timed a few different designs, and it looks like the average speed is around 300 stitches per minute. I wish there was a way to slow down the machine manually sometimes; I think some designs and fabric would benefit from that.Since the first try, I have embroidered more than 50 different things with this machine (shirts, patches, dinner napkins, towels, felt), almost all of them custom designs that I created using software called Embird Digitizing Studio. So far, the machine has worked great! Moving designs from a computer to the machine is easy as cake. A regular USB cable is used, and the sewing machine shows up as a drive on the computer. All that is needed is to copy/paste over a design. I tried Windows 7, XP, and a flavor of Linux and they do not have an issue accessing the machine.I have done surprisingly little regular sewing on the machine, but it works well, with no issues there either. The only things I think could be better is that the cord for the foot pedal comes out of the side of the pedal instead of the back, and the pedal has almost no weight to it. The combination of these 2 things make it so the pedal can move around on the floor when you don't want it to.----Now that I have had this machine for about a year, I can add more to this review. My LB6800PRW is starting to show it's age I use it all the time, it is just too much fun making stuff! I can't figure out how to check the stitch count, but back of the envelope math on how much stabilizer & thread I have used says I am somewhere between 20 and 30 million, with only a few minor problems along the way.I do swap out needles often, since they are only about a dime when you get a hundred at a time. I have used about 75 or so. There is no reason not to swap them out often, besides that it is somewhat of a pain to do it if you have larger fingers like I do. I have managed to break a few needles, most of the time it is due to the thread wrapping around the spool pin when unwinding. It happens maybe once a month, so it isn't too bad. I used to wind my own bobbins for embroidery, but that takes until forever, so I switched to prewound ones. I really like the ones from World Weidner here on Amazon, they have constant tension, and unspool well. Several other brands I have tried have winding knots in them, and will jam the machine. I have never had that problem with World Weidner's, and I went though 2 gross of them so far.One of the problems that I had was that the needle threader stopped working. When I pressed it, it would stick at the bottom, and not try to 'wrap' the needle. I took the needle threader apart, and used a drop of sewing machine lubricant on it, and gently worked it a few times. The needle threader then worked again. I have had to do this twice in the last year.The embroidery foot itself actually wore out as well. The foot moves up and down with each stitch, and the guide pin actually elongated the hole of the presser foot. This made the foot move enough so that it would block the needle threader, and too much more wear would have allowed the needle to hit the presser foot. I looked all over for a replacement, and couldn't find one on Amazon. I ordered one direct from Brother for about $15 because I could not find it anywhere. It is part number XD0474151, and fits both the SE400, and the LB6800PRW. 20 million stitches sounds more than fair for how long it lasted.Besides those 2 things, the machine has been flawless. I need to clean the lint out of it and wipe it down, but those are both normal maintenance things. It runs like champ both when doing embroidery and regular sewing. All in all, I highly recommend this machine. I even bought another (though the SE400 instead because I didn't need a case) to give as a Christmas present. It is very quiet, and can sew circles around any machine I have used in the past.
889 of 932 people found the following review helpful.
Don't buy this machine!
By Tina
I thought I had done my research on this machine but man was I wrong! After I had purchased this machine, I read that there is NO DIFFERENCE between this one and the SE 400 which you can buy for a full one hundred dollars less! The SE 400 is 369.00 right now on Amazon.com. Oh yes, there is a difference, you have the name project runway on your sewing machine and you get the little bag to cart your sewing machine around in. For that, you pay an extra 100 bucks! I never had any intention of using the bag, I would be embarrassed to cart around my sewing machine in a P.R. bag, I bought this one because I was told it was recommended by consumer reports so I looked no further. Don't get me wrong, this machine does what it says and is fun but the hoop is small and you have to buy larger hoops to use the larger designs. I could have spent that extra 100 on larger hoops or the embroidery thread you have to buy. Know also that the thread for an embroidery machine is very expensive. As are the hoops. Plan on spending at the very least another 60.00 on additional hoops and the thread for the machine is 5.25 for a full size spool. The smaller ones are cheaper but you get a lot less thread and the machine uses a lot of thread. Even with only the basic 8 colors, you have 42.00 bucks in thread and don't kid yourself into thinking you can get by with only 8 colors. I would buy this machine again but not the Project Runway machine, it would be the SE 400. I was considering not posting this review because its embarrassing to admit you were too stupid to look a bit further but maybe someone out there will benefit from the expensive lesson I have learned.
117 of 119 people found the following review helpful.Super Brother!
By Greenkats
I've owned my Brother LB-6800THRD for just over a week now and I thought I'd offer up my impressions of this machine to others considering it. I pondered long and hard on which machine I should purchase, but like many of the other reviewers, was sold on the multitude of features and low price that were offered from Brother.First off, let me state that the SE-400, LB-6800PRW and the LB-6800THRD are all the same machine (I emailed Brother and asked), the difference between the models comes with who is allowed to sell it. Mine, the LB-6800THRD, is sold by Costco but without the rolling bag that comes with the LB-6800PRW. Rather, the Costco version arrives with a twelve pack of embroidery thread. The SE-400 comes without any bonus accessories but is usually found at the cheapest price.I am a beginner/novice sewer. In the past, and with my mother's help, I have made a number of blankets (that number would be three) of varying degrees of difficulty. So when the machine arrived I was not completely clueless as to where to begin, just pretty close. :) Set up was easy, it took a little while for me but was pretty obvious. My tension was uneven and despite me ratcheting the dial down from 4 to 2 I was unable to sort it out. After reading thru the manual I realized that two things were wrong, both of which were user-error. First, I'd threaded the bobbin in the under-carriage wrong and second when threading the needle I'd followed the wrong path down from the spindle.Using the built-in thread cutter for sewing was causing my thread to slip off the needle (the automatic needle-threader is super cool) whenever I started back up sewing. However fixing the tension seems to have also corrected this issue and I now use that button to it's fullest.I learned to sew on my mother's old (super old) Viking and to me, sewing without using the foot pedal is not really sewing, so it's attached on my machine. Thankfully, the speed control still works so when I "accidentally" press the pedal to the metal the machine doesn't let me sew out of control. My speed is set at medium. I've no idea how fast it can go at max (and nothing to compare it to anyway) but one other reviewer I read complained that fast is not really FAST.The Brother comes with more feet than I know what to do with, literally. Consulting the manual informed me which was the embroidery foot and that the zigzag foot was required for most of the other regular stitches so these are the two I keep near me. The other five feet I've put in a bag to ask my mother about when next she comes for a visit. Removal of the attached zigzag foot was as easy as turning a screw and connecting the embroidery foot simply required a tightening of the screw .I've never embroidered before and was extremely pleased to learn that embroidering is a snap; I did use a stabilizer because I was using a thin fabric. I believe if you're using a sturdy/thick material you can get away without it. The only troubles for me came when it was time to swap out the thread colors... am I supposed to also change the bobbin in addition to the spindle? The first time I tried I ended up taking the entire embroidery arm off which reset the machine (good to know for the future). When the arm was reconnected I had to choose the design again and start over. If you are going to change the bobbin then simply take off the hoop to access the area. Personally, I decided that having the wrong side monochromatic is rather cool so I only change the color on the easily-accessed spindle.First and foremost, I'm a knitter and one hope for me when purchasing this machine was that it would be able to embroider my hand-knitting. I used a cut-off polymer stabilizer attached tightly to the hoop, sprayed on 505 adhesive, placed my knitting on top (and OVER the hoop) and finally adhered a wash-off stabilizer on top of the knitting (also OVER the hoop). And darned if it didn't work! Perhaps I should add that I was embroidering a baby jacket with a small puppy design around 2"x2". This alone has made me over-the-moon happy with my purchase.Initially, seeing that there were 70 designs included for embroidery seemed sufficient for the small about of embroidery I hope to do. Unfortunately, 26 of those designs are letters of the alphabet leaving only 44 designs, most of which seem to me to be some form of flower. This is remedied by connecting the machine to a computer with the supplied usb connector to drop new designs onto the hard drive. My Macbook Pro was able to accomplish this without any troubles; the sewing machine's hard drive simply shows up on my computer as "unknown harddrive" and I dropped the new patterns onto it. The Brother website (brother.com) has a number of free patterns in addition to other information and projects. It's well worth it to check it out periodically.Issues:When winding the bobbin I do have to watch it closely since my machine has a tendency to wrap the thread around the pin just beneath the bobbin.The included flow-chart was not obvious to me, however, the manual is well worded and easy to follow.Final Thoughts:This machine has surpassed my every hope for it. I am thrilled with my purchase and am recommending this machine to my friends who are curious (there aren't many, but a few have at least expressed polite interest). This machine will be able to grow with me as I learn a few more sewing basics, it's light and easy to transport and finally it's easy and fun! If I can do it, anyone can.
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