Comments for Sew Forth and Sew On http://sewforthandsewon.wordpress.com Sewing projects I have sewn and others I would like to sew sometime. Sat, 14 Nov 2009 04:21:26 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on My Sewing Machines – Part 2: The Embroidery Machines by Lanita http://sewforthandsewon.wordpress.com/2009/05/29/my-sewing-machines-part-2-the-embroidery-machines/#comment-130 Lanita Sat, 14 Nov 2009 04:21:26 +0000 http://sewforthandsewon.wordpress.com/?p=687#comment-130 Yes luckily I got my Ult 2001 way before those came out thank goodness! I saw the new cartridge threading on the lower end beginner machines and that would have driven me batty! I know it was to help people get sewing faster but it was a step backwards to me. It's been awhile since I used a floppy in mine but it was simple enough at the time. The disks were standard 1.44MB 3.5" floppy disks formatted for FAT (NOT FAT32 or NTFS!) Everything had to be stored on the disk in DOS/FAT format using the DOS/FAT 8 character only filenames. Something like 12345678.PES. FAT32 or NTFS formatted disks can store filenames longer than the 8+3 character names but your machines cannot read this format or those files. Your machines will only read things in PES or PEC format so it needs to be in that format and if it is in that format it should already have one of those file extensions on it and when placed in the machine and the disk icon clicked on the display it should load the directory of files from the disk and let you choose one. No the ULT 2001/2002/2003 cannot be upgraded to use anything other than the brother memory cards or the floppy disks. The newer series of machines changed out the floppy disk for the usb port which allowed you to plug in whatever you wanted to the machine (floppy drive, cd-rom drive, memory stick etc.) but still kept the brother memory card slot as well which I think all brother machines have had since the beginning of time. In the ULT 2001/2002/2003 series Brother would offer machine software updates for free that you can download from the Brother web site and copy to a floppy disk and then via a special procedure included with the update you could update your machines internal software to fix things, add features, etc. This system software update is still done today on all the latest Brother machines but now you pretty much do everything from a memory stick which makes it much nicer and quicker. I hope this information helps. And GOOD LUCK! Yes luckily I got my Ult 2001 way before those came out thank goodness! I saw the new cartridge threading on the lower end beginner machines and that would have driven me batty! I know it was to help people get sewing faster but it was a step backwards to me.

It’s been awhile since I used a floppy in mine but it was simple enough at the time. The disks were standard 1.44MB 3.5″ floppy disks formatted for FAT (NOT FAT32 or NTFS!) Everything had to be stored on the disk in DOS/FAT format using the DOS/FAT 8 character only filenames. Something like 12345678.PES. FAT32 or NTFS formatted disks can store filenames longer than the 8+3 character names but your machines cannot read this format or those files. Your machines will only read things in PES or PEC format so it needs to be in that format and if it is in that format it should already have one of those file extensions on it and when placed in the machine and the disk icon clicked on the display it should load the directory of files from the disk and let you choose one.

No the ULT 2001/2002/2003 cannot be upgraded to use anything other than the brother memory cards or the floppy disks. The newer series of machines changed out the floppy disk for the usb port which allowed you to plug in whatever you wanted to the machine (floppy drive, cd-rom drive, memory stick etc.) but still kept the brother memory card slot as well which I think all brother machines have had since the beginning of time.

In the ULT 2001/2002/2003 series Brother would offer machine software updates for free that you can download from the Brother web site and copy to a floppy disk and then via a special procedure included with the update you could update your machines internal software to fix things, add features, etc.

This system software update is still done today on all the latest Brother machines but now you pretty much do everything from a memory stick which makes it much nicer and quicker.

I hope this information helps. And GOOD LUCK!

]]> Comment on My Sewing Machines – Part 2: The Embroidery Machines by Judy http://sewforthandsewon.wordpress.com/2009/05/29/my-sewing-machines-part-2-the-embroidery-machines/#comment-129 Judy Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:30:16 +0000 http://sewforthandsewon.wordpress.com/?p=687#comment-129 Hi, I too have upgraded, as I'm a newbie here from the Brother 270D which by the way I HATED, HATED HATED!! The Cartridege threading on this machine should be OUT LAWED!!!! to the Brother ULT 2002D sewing embroidery machine. I for the price think it's the best deal I've ever gotten and Love I mean Love my 2002, what super quality sewing/embroidering it does and the big hoop is awesome. I've been so busy using the card I forgot about the floppy, lol thought that was gone. So I proceeded to copy to the floppy, I still had some in storage. I downloaded 2 designs to the floppy and then inserted into machine and pressed the floppy tab to open it and it's not reading the floppy, it appears blank. The book mentions nothing about preparing the floppy before adding designs, or that there's a special size floppy if there is such a thing. I've read some response on questions on other sites and I just hope "stitchintime9" isn't reading this, this person is very hard on newbies. Just because we know the computer, doesn't mean we know the actions of computerized sewing embroidery machines. If you are reading this please go easy on us newbies. I would just like to know how to use the floppy to get designs to my machine. You were talking about an upgrade, would you be talking about USB too? Is there a such thing as to upgrade and put in a USB into the 2002? At this time I'm very pleased with my ULT2002 it's a keeper. thanks, Judy Hi, I too have upgraded, as I’m a newbie here from the Brother 270D which by the way I HATED, HATED HATED!! The Cartridege threading on this machine should be OUT LAWED!!!! to the Brother ULT 2002D sewing embroidery machine. I for the price think it’s the best deal I’ve ever gotten and Love I mean Love my 2002, what super quality sewing/embroidering it does and the big hoop is awesome.
I’ve been so busy using the card I forgot about the floppy, lol thought that was gone. So I proceeded to copy to the floppy, I still had some in storage. I downloaded 2 designs to the floppy and then inserted into machine and pressed the floppy tab to open it and it’s not reading the floppy, it appears blank.
The book mentions nothing about preparing the floppy before adding designs, or that there’s a special size floppy if there is such a thing.
I’ve read some response on questions on other sites and I just hope “stitchintime9″ isn’t reading this, this person is very hard on newbies. Just because we know the computer, doesn’t mean we know the actions of computerized sewing embroidery machines. If you are reading this please go easy on us newbies.
I would just like to know how to use the floppy to get designs to my machine.
You were talking about an upgrade, would you be talking about USB too? Is there a such thing as to upgrade and put in a USB into the 2002? At this time I’m very pleased with my ULT2002 it’s a keeper.
thanks,
Judy

]]> Comment on The Results are in… by LaDawn http://sewforthandsewon.wordpress.com/2009/10/14/the-results-are-in/#comment-128 LaDawn Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:36:08 +0000 http://sewforthandsewon.wordpress.com/?p=968#comment-128 Susan Bates are the best! just remember who told you first. Although, I have a new one, it have a light in it so you can sew in the dark. I think you would really like it, because of it having a battery it is much fatter around. (I think fatter than even with the pencil grip on it, also it has a rubber grip on it. The price was about six times more, (thank goodness for coupons) It's by widget products, I get it at Micheal's, it kinda looks like your yellow one. For that price it should crochet by it's self, right? Susan Bates are the best! just remember who told you first. Although, I have a new one, it have a light in it so you can sew in the dark. I think you would really like it, because of it having a battery it is much fatter around. (I think fatter than even with the pencil grip on it, also it has a rubber grip on it. The price was about six times more, (thank goodness for coupons) It’s by widget products, I get it at Micheal’s, it kinda looks like your yellow one. For that price it should crochet by it’s self, right?

]]> Comment on Old Glory by lbrixey http://sewforthandsewon.wordpress.com/2009/10/09/old-glory/#comment-125 lbrixey Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:27:03 +0000 http://sewforthandsewon.wordpress.com/?p=948#comment-125 I am glad you made it there. I will back there in a couple of weeks and I am sure I will come home with another trunk load as always. I am glad you made it there. I will back there in a couple of weeks and I am sure I will come home with another trunk load as always.

]]> Comment on Old Glory by Peggy http://sewforthandsewon.wordpress.com/2009/10/09/old-glory/#comment-124 Peggy Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:28:28 +0000 http://sewforthandsewon.wordpress.com/?p=948#comment-124 This has nothing to do with fixing your flag but I was in LA this weekend and from your post about the fabric store in Anaheim I made my husband take me there. OH MY HECK - that place is AWESOME!! I bought so much fabric I had to buy another suitcase to bring it home. Ultra Suede material for $2.98 a yard! T-shirt material for $1 a yard!! Thank you so much I can't wait to go again!! This has nothing to do with fixing your flag but I was in LA this weekend and from your post about the fabric store in Anaheim I made my husband take me there. OH MY HECK – that place is AWESOME!! I bought so much fabric I had to buy another suitcase to bring it home. Ultra Suede material for $2.98 a yard! T-shirt material for $1 a yard!! Thank you so much I can’t wait to go again!!

]]> Comment on No, I didn’t forget about you… by cammie http://sewforthandsewon.wordpress.com/2009/09/24/no-i-didnt-forget-about-you/#comment-119 cammie Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:56:59 +0000 http://sewforthandsewon.wordpress.com/?p=932#comment-119 Lanita, Thanks for the adorable sleeper. I took pictures, but haven't had time to sit down and get them off the camera. It fits great! The stretch going the long way is perfect. I didn't notice the elastic in the back was gone until you mentioned it, but I kept wondering why this sleeper looked so different than any others. It is great all the way around. Thank you so much!! Lanita, Thanks for the adorable sleeper. I took pictures, but haven’t had time to sit down and get them off the camera. It fits great! The stretch going the long way is perfect. I didn’t notice the elastic in the back was gone until you mentioned it, but I kept wondering why this sleeper looked so different than any others. It is great all the way around. Thank you so much!!

]]> Comment on Darth Vader by lbrixey http://sewforthandsewon.wordpress.com/2009/05/03/darth-vader/#comment-117 lbrixey Sun, 27 Sep 2009 18:19:39 +0000 http://sewforthandsewon.wordpress.com/?p=637#comment-117 No, I'm sorry to say that the designs my husband creates for me are for our personal use only and are not for sale. I'm sure there are several designs available for download on the net for free that other people have done so try out a google search for "star wars embroidery designs". If you cannot find one though let me know and I will find some and send you a link for them. No, I’m sorry to say that the designs my husband creates for me are for our personal use only and are not for sale. I’m sure there are several designs available for download on the net for free that other people have done so try out a google search for “star wars embroidery designs”.

If you cannot find one though let me know and I will find some and send you a link for them.

]]> Comment on Darth Vader by Jill http://sewforthandsewon.wordpress.com/2009/05/03/darth-vader/#comment-116 Jill Sun, 27 Sep 2009 18:08:41 +0000 http://sewforthandsewon.wordpress.com/?p=637#comment-116 My son is dressing as Darth Vader this Halloween and I am looking for an appropriate embroidery design to stitch on his trick-or-treat tote bag. Is this design for sale? My son is dressing as Darth Vader this Halloween and I am looking for an appropriate embroidery design to stitch on his trick-or-treat tote bag. Is this design for sale?

]]> Comment on One Fat Walrus by lbrixey http://sewforthandsewon.wordpress.com/2009/09/09/one-fat-walrus/#comment-113 lbrixey Sun, 13 Sep 2009 02:41:46 +0000 http://sewforthandsewon.wordpress.com/?p=895#comment-113 Thanks! I still like the Alligator the best but that is likely because it was my first Amigurumi from the Easy Critter book. Thanks! I still like the Alligator the best but that is likely because it was my first Amigurumi from the Easy Critter book.

]]> Comment on I Could See It by lbrixey http://sewforthandsewon.wordpress.com/2009/08/27/i-could-see-it/#comment-112 lbrixey Sun, 13 Sep 2009 02:40:09 +0000 http://sewforthandsewon.wordpress.com/?p=855#comment-112 Thanks for the comment! I really liked it too. The design I used is from the Brother PE-200 Snoopy machine. I also have a similar design on my Peanuts Summertime Fun Pack from Viking Husqvarna. Thanks for the comment! I really liked it too. The design I used is from the Brother PE-200 Snoopy machine. I also have a similar design on my Peanuts Summertime Fun Pack from Viking Husqvarna.

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