Can my Brother SE350 embroidery machine read from standard memory cards and what type? ?

First, you have to have a card reader for machine embroidery and then you buy the card for your machine that is compatible with the card reader.

You use Brother memory cards or cards made for Brother machines. Again - these have to be compatible with the reader box.

You get these items from an embroidery machine dealer - preferable on-line.

Walk-in dealers don't always have the cards in all formats, or any at all and have to order what you need.

They are more expensive than at online dealers.

To take advantage of downloading from the Internet, you need a card reader and a rewritable memory card.

You can get Brother's PED Basic with a card for about $100 - On-line.

This is one dealer that I have bought from. They have a graphic showing how the card reader works. Note the PC requirements. http://www.sewingsupplywarehouse.com/pedbasic.html

Another dealer that I have bought from - http://www.allbrands.com/products/abp01060-0165.ht...

Digitizing is a horse of another color. This is software that allows you to create your own designs or digitize pictures and clip art. It is fairly expensive around $1,000.

You can download a free trial of Embird Embroidery Software here - http://www.secretsof.com/content/1853?PHPSESSID=f1... It is a very popular software and what you are downloading is the Basic program. It doesn't digitize, but it is the base component for this software.

As you learn and want to expand, you buy plug-ins that allow you to digitize, among other things.

Free designs to download (I have used many of them) - http://www.brother-usa.com/HomeSewing/GetCreative/...

When you buy or download designs, make sure they are no larger than 4 x 4. That is the maximum stitching area for the 350.

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Can my Brother SE350 embroidery machine read from standard memory cards and what type? ?

It looks like a slot for something like a compact flash card. Does anyone know what type of card this is? I can't imagine I'd have to buy "special" cards. I know I'll need software to digitize/convert images in PES format. I'd imagine the software also knows how to...

It will interface with a computer - I do not have cards or a card reader - I do have a laptop and a usb cable - you know - possibly my simplicity machine has a card slot and a USB port - maybe yours only has the card slot - if not - it will

Show up on your lap top as remove able drive - you can copy 12 patterns to it and transfer a few to memory