Features:

  • 200 embroidery designs - small, large, and endless designs
  • 6.75x 4endless embroidery hoop included
  • 30 built-in sewing stitches and 5 popular Fonts for monogramming
  • Basic Editing of all designs
  • 110 volt machine designed for United States and Canadian use only
  • This sewing machine is warranted for use in the US and Canada at 110 volts only.
XL 550 and Quintet - they are all excellent.

I have three Futuras - the XL 400, XL 550 and Quintet - they are all excellent.

Wonderful machine!

Love it! I'm glad I chose this machine instead of others. Nice embroidery system and great for regular sewing. I used to own a machine embroidery business and this is a step up from the profesional machine I owned long ago. Things have improved a lot and not you can make in your house quality embroidery.

Best machine I've ever owned!

This is my 6th machine, from regular sewing, sergers, and embroidery. My daughters and I sew and this is by far the best machine. I got it on sale at JoAnns and of course wanted to rip the box open and start using it. After a day of reading instructions and watching the DVD, I was ready. The sewing machine part works like any other I think. I haven't had any problems with it at all. I even used my other singers special pressure feet on it and it worked fine. The embroidery part was the part I had to read about, and watch a few utube videos. The machine is actually very easy to convert over. You need to remember to turn the tension to the E for embroidery!!..I kept forgetting;(.. I've used cheap thread that I got on sale, and the expensive thread as well.. If your thread breaks while your embroidering, lower the speed. I never embroidery at full speed anyway, but with the cheaper thread you may need to lower the speed so the threads don't break. I find the more expensive thread to look better, but can't always afford to buy it. I've read the other reviews and I haven't had any of the "major" complaints, like the smaller hoop not being recognized, I have found that when I embroidery thick towels it's hard to get it under the pressure foot, but the towels are very thick... Other than that it sews wonderfully and is an incredible machine!..

Get this one.

A great machine for the price. It embroiders and sews beautifully. I also have the Brother 625 and love it but it only does a 4x4 hoop. In researching this machine I read many reviews and watched the posts on a FB Futura group. I noticed quite a few bad reviews but found most turned out to be user errors. I did run into thread breakage and needle breakage, as expected from reading, both totally resolved by using a thread holder or cup to hold thread behind the machine. I used class a 15 prewound bobbins for embroidery and many varieties of thread makes with no problems. The software is easy to use and I prefer seeing and editing the design on my computer as opposed to the brother 625 on its lcd. If you’re a beginner make sure you know what stabilizer to use with what material. The wrong stabilizer will give you problems with any machine and that’s the user error I saw most often. I love it and would recommend it to anyone. I just made 2 10x6 embroidered appliqué bunnies for Easter and they’re flawless and beautiful :) . Ps.......the xl-420 has the continuous hoop to do designs around table cloths or dress bottoms etc. The 400 does not.

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