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is there a sewing machine or software package i can buy that has chinese embroidery patterns?

i want to make chinese style dresses at home and so i want a sewing machine that can embroider chinese patterns quickly onto the fabric instead of buying repeated patten fabrics at the shops or hand sewing the patterns

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1. Many of the top models of sewing machine manufacturers are now selling sewing machines that either have the embroidery software built into the machine, or a separate machine that just does embroidery. You can buy thousands of "digitized" embroidery designs now, and you'll have a huge choice in designs, subjects, sizes, and quality of designs. You can even design your own if you want to buy digitizing software. Check out the many designs on any search engine (just type in "digitized embroidery designs"). Most digitizing software comes in versions for each model of machine. I saw some beautiful chinese design embroidery software at the Sewing Expo in Washington last February. Check http://www.shiboridragon.com/Momo-Dini.htm However, the machines are very expensive! I have a $2500 Bernina sewing machine, and it would have cost me another $1000 to add an embroidery module to it. So, instead I bought a Janome embroidery machine for about $1200. I love it! I can sew and run the embroidery machine at the same time. But the cost may not be justified.