Brother SE600 Unboxing and Set Up ( & How to Use with Silhouette CAMEO)

I jumped on the embroidery bandwagon during the pandemic after dusting off my 20+ year old sewing machine to make masks.

Update: Brother has replaced the SE600 with the Brother SE700. If you're shopping for an embroidery machine now, the SE700 is the current model. If you already own an SE600, everything below still applies.

I was one of the lucky ones to pick up a Brother SE600 in 2020 before sewing and embroidery machines became impossible to find. 

Now that they're finally back in stock I'm sharing this Brother SE600 unboxing and embroidery machine set up.   Plus I have some ideas on how to use an embroidery machine with a Silhouette CAMEO or Portrait machine.

Originally I planned to wait to do a live unboxing for the Brother SE600 embroidery and sewing machine, but it was just taking way too long.  I wanted to get to know this machine so that I could put together some beginner embroidery machine tutorials. So...I recorded the unboxing and spent the last few months learning how to use this entry level embroidery machine with a 4x4" hoop.

I'm glad I did as there are not a lot of unboxing or Brother SE600 set up videos. So here’s me unboxing first Brother embroidery machine!

So did I outgrow it?

Yes, eventually. I've since added a Brother SE2000 and a multi-needle machine. But that took at least a year or so - and the SE600 is still the machine I learned to embroidery on! 

If you're short on space, or you're not sure yet whether embroidery is going to stick, starting small is still the right call. That's the Brother SE700 now, since it replaced the SE600.

If you already know you're serious about this and you'd rather not buy twice, skip ahead to the SE2000 or a multi needle machine like the Bai Mirror. 

I’ll be following with full beginner tutorial next week on how to set up your Brother SE600 and SE800.

In the meantime here are six beginner machine embroidery tutorials to get you started:

First Machine Applique Embroidery Project with Silhouette CAMEO and Brother SE600
How to Open Embroidery Files in Silhouette Studio to Cut with CAMEO
Combining HTV and Embroidery with Rip Away Applique  
Cutting Embroidery Applique Files with Silhouette CAMEO (for Beginners)
How to Open Embroidery Files Directly on an Embroidery Machine
How to Machine Embroider and Applique a Dish Towel

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