Brother Innov-is BX1e Expedition Embroidery Machine
£2,499.00
Fancy giving your embroidery real room to breathe? The BX1e Expedition brings a generous 8″ x 14″ hoop area, 774 built in designs and clever laser positioning, so even the trickiest layouts line up first time.
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Full in house servicing available
By our own engineers in King's Lynn
If embroidery is where your heart really lies, the BX1e Expedition is Brother’s answer to makers who want a machine that does one thing brilliantly rather than splitting its attention. This is a dedicated embroidery machine through and through, with the space, the smarts and the design library to match ambitious projects.
You get a generous 8″ x 14″ embroidery field with 10″ of throat space, so bigger designs, quilt blocks and multi hoop projects don’t mean constant repositioning. There are 774 built in embroidery designs to get you started, plus 23 embroidery fonts for monograms, names and personalised gifts, and 140 frame pattern variations for finishing touches.
Getting a design perfectly placed is one of the trickiest parts of embroidery, especially with tricky hooping. The BX1e’s 2 Point Positioning with LED pointer takes the guesswork out of it, using a laser to mark two reference points on your fabric so your design lines up properly even when the hoop isn’t quite straight.
For anyone wanting to push into dimensional work, the machine supports yarn couching with a dedicated couching foot, letting you create raised, textured lettering and decorative effects, along with crochet couching using water soluble stabiliser for a different creative finish. Matrix Copy makes it easy to duplicate and arrange a design across a hoop, which is a lovely time saver if you’re doing patches or repeated motifs.
The BX1e is wirelessly enabled and works with Brother’s Artspira app, so you can browse extra designs, sketch your own patterns on your phone or tablet and send them straight to the machine. The My Stitch Monitoring app lets you keep an eye on progress and get thread alerts remotely too, handy if you like to start a design and get on with something else while it stitches.
Whether you’re making quilt blocks, bags, home décor or in the hoop projects, the BX1e gives you the room, the precision tools and the design library to bring it all together.
What’s in the box?
- Embroidery foot “UH+” with LED pointer (on machine)
- Foobridery couching
- Yarn guide
- Yarn threader
- Ball point needle set
- 75/11 needles × 3 and 90/14 needle × 1
- Bobbins × 10 (one bobbin is on the machine)
- Bobbin clips × 10
- Seam ripper
- Scissors
- Cleaning brush
- Screwdriver (large)
- Screwdriver (small)
- L-shaped screwdriver
- Disc-shaped screwdriver
- Spool cap (large)
- Spool cap (medium) (on machine)
- Spool cap (small)
- Thread spool insert (mini king thread spool)
- Spool net
- Embroidery needle plate cover
- Bobbin case (no colour on the screw) (on machine)
- Embroidery frame set 360mm (H) × 200mm (W)
- Embroidery frame set 180mm (H) × 130mm (W)
- Embroidery bobbin thread (#90, white)
- Stabiliser material
- Touch pen (stylus)
- Power cord
- Accessory bag
- Extra spool pin and instruction sticker
- Upper section of spool support
- Lopposection of spool
- Telescopic thread guide
- Spool pins × 2
- Spool caps (XL) × 2
- Spool cap bases × 2
- Screw and washer
- Spool felts × 2
- Spool holders × 2
- Rings × 4
- Shell type machine cover
- Basic Operation Manual
Description
If embroidery is where your heart really lies, the BX1e Expedition is Brother’s answer to makers who want a machine that does one thing brilliantly rather than splitting its attention. This is a dedicated embroidery machine through and through, with the space, the smarts and the design library to match ambitious projects.
You get a generous 8″ x 14″ embroidery field with 10″ of throat space, so bigger designs, quilt blocks and multi hoop projects don’t mean constant repositioning. There are 774 built in embroidery designs to get you started, plus 23 embroidery fonts for monograms, names and personalised gifts, and 140 frame pattern variations for finishing touches.
Getting a design perfectly placed is one of the trickiest parts of embroidery, especially with tricky hooping. The BX1e’s 2 Point Positioning with LED pointer takes the guesswork out of it, using a laser to mark two reference points on your fabric so your design lines up properly even when the hoop isn’t quite straight.
For anyone wanting to push into dimensional work, the machine supports yarn couching with a dedicated couching foot, letting you create raised, textured lettering and decorative effects, along with crochet couching using water soluble stabiliser for a different creative finish. Matrix Copy makes it easy to duplicate and arrange a design across a hoop, which is a lovely time saver if you’re doing patches or repeated motifs.
The BX1e is wirelessly enabled and works with Brother’s Artspira app, so you can browse extra designs, sketch your own patterns on your phone or tablet and send them straight to the machine. The My Stitch Monitoring app lets you keep an eye on progress and get thread alerts remotely too, handy if you like to start a design and get on with something else while it stitches.
Whether you’re making quilt blocks, bags, home décor or in the hoop projects, the BX1e gives you the room, the precision tools and the design library to bring it all together.
What’s in the box?
- Embroidery foot “UH+” with LED pointer (on machine)
- Foobridery couching
- Yarn guide
- Yarn threader
- Ball point needle set
- 75/11 needles × 3 and 90/14 needle × 1
- Bobbins × 10 (one bobbin is on the machine)
- Bobbin clips × 10
- Seam ripper
- Scissors
- Cleaning brush
- Screwdriver (large)
- Screwdriver (small)
- L-shaped screwdriver
- Disc-shaped screwdriver
- Spool cap (large)
- Spool cap (medium) (on machine)
- Spool cap (small)
- Thread spool insert (mini king thread spool)
- Spool net
- Embroidery needle plate cover
- Bobbin case (no colour on the screw) (on machine)
- Embroidery frame set 360mm (H) × 200mm (W)
- Embroidery frame set 180mm (H) × 130mm (W)
- Embroidery bobbin thread (#90, white)
- Stabiliser material
- Touch pen (stylus)
- Power cord
- Accessory bag
- Extra spool pin and instruction sticker
- Upper section of spool support
- Lopposection of spool
- Telescopic thread guide
- Spool pins × 2
- Spool caps (XL) × 2
- Spool cap bases × 2
- Screw and washer
- Spool felts × 2
- Spool holders × 2
- Rings × 4
- Shell type machine cover
- Basic Operation Manual
Why people buy from us
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Part exchange welcome
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Questions we get asked
Delivery is free to mainland UK on every machine. How quickly it arrives depends on the brand and whether we have it in stock, so if you need it by a certain date, give us a ring on 01553 773362 and we’ll tell you honestly what to expect. If anything’s on back order, we’ll call you and let you know where you stand.
Ring us on 01553 773362 or reply to your order email. You’ll speak to someone who sews and knows the machine, not a call centre. We’re happy to talk you through threading, tension or anything else that’s puzzling you.
Yes. Tell us what you’ve got and we’ll give you a fair price for it against your new machine.
Every new machine comes with its full manufacturer warranty, and we’re an approved warranty agent. We service and repair in our own workshop in King’s Lynn, so you’re not sending it off to a stranger.
Yes. If you find the same machine cheaper elsewhere, let us know and we’ll do our best to match it.
Reviews for this machine
Description
If embroidery is where your heart really lies, the BX1e Expedition is Brother’s answer to makers who want a machine that does one thing brilliantly rather than splitting its attention. This is a dedicated embroidery machine through and through, with the space, the smarts and the design library to match ambitious projects.
You get a generous 8″ x 14″ embroidery field with 10″ of throat space, so bigger designs, quilt blocks and multi hoop projects don’t mean constant repositioning. There are 774 built in embroidery designs to get you started, plus 23 embroidery fonts for monograms, names and personalised gifts, and 140 frame pattern variations for finishing touches.
Getting a design perfectly placed is one of the trickiest parts of embroidery, especially with tricky hooping. The BX1e’s 2 Point Positioning with LED pointer takes the guesswork out of it, using a laser to mark two reference points on your fabric so your design lines up properly even when the hoop isn’t quite straight.
For anyone wanting to push into dimensional work, the machine supports yarn couching with a dedicated couching foot, letting you create raised, textured lettering and decorative effects, along with crochet couching using water soluble stabiliser for a different creative finish. Matrix Copy makes it easy to duplicate and arrange a design across a hoop, which is a lovely time saver if you’re doing patches or repeated motifs.
The BX1e is wirelessly enabled and works with Brother’s Artspira app, so you can browse extra designs, sketch your own patterns on your phone or tablet and send them straight to the machine. The My Stitch Monitoring app lets you keep an eye on progress and get thread alerts remotely too, handy if you like to start a design and get on with something else while it stitches.
Whether you’re making quilt blocks, bags, home décor or in the hoop projects, the BX1e gives you the room, the precision tools and the design library to bring it all together.
What’s in the box?
- Embroidery foot “UH+” with LED pointer (on machine)
- Foobridery couching
- Yarn guide
- Yarn threader
- Ball point needle set
- 75/11 needles × 3 and 90/14 needle × 1
- Bobbins × 10 (one bobbin is on the machine)
- Bobbin clips × 10
- Seam ripper
- Scissors
- Cleaning brush
- Screwdriver (large)
- Screwdriver (small)
- L-shaped screwdriver
- Disc-shaped screwdriver
- Spool cap (large)
- Spool cap (medium) (on machine)
- Spool cap (small)
- Thread spool insert (mini king thread spool)
- Spool net
- Embroidery needle plate cover
- Bobbin case (no colour on the screw) (on machine)
- Embroidery frame set 360mm (H) × 200mm (W)
- Embroidery frame set 180mm (H) × 130mm (W)
- Embroidery bobbin thread (#90, white)
- Stabiliser material
- Touch pen (stylus)
- Power cord
- Accessory bag
- Extra spool pin and instruction sticker
- Upper section of spool support
- Lopposection of spool
- Telescopic thread guide
- Spool pins × 2
- Spool caps (XL) × 2
- Spool cap bases × 2
- Screw and washer
- Spool felts × 2
- Spool holders × 2
- Rings × 4
- Shell type machine cover
- Basic Operation Manual