7 stellar and unimaginable features on the Brother Luminaire XP1 machine by Jean Boyd May 24, 2019 written by Jean Boyd May 24, 2019 1.3K Yesterday I showed you how to use decorative stitches and a twin needle on the Brother The Luminaire XP1 Sewing, Embroidery and Quilting machine to create some quick and easy placemats. Placemat with twin needle decorative stitching And then, because I had some scraps of decorative stitching left over from stitch testing, I made a couple of mug mats. These are about 6″ x 9″. Mug mats made from stitching samples The possibilities are endless for using the decorative stitches on the Brother Luminaire Innov-ís XP1 and there are so many other features that I want to try out. After using the Brother Luminaire Innov-ís XP1 sewing and embroidery machine for the past couple of weeks, what do I think? I love this machine! It’s very user-friendly and everything worked just as it was supposed to. Of course this machine has all the standard features that we’ve come to enjoy on Brother machines – automatic thread cutter, needle up and down positions, automatic presser foot up and down and automatic needle threading. But there are so many other great features on this machine and I’ve only had time to use a few of them as I concentrated mostly on decorative stitching this week. What did I like best? Here are just a few of my favorites: 5-level adjustable bobbin winding thread amount Automatic thread tension Textured surfaces on the machine bed area and embroidery unit reduce glare and enable smooth fabric feeding. The projector shows adjustable single and double guidelines and grid lines with adjustable intervals. The projector shows stitch images on your fabric with width, length, and left/right shift adjustment icons. The Dual Purpose Stylus is used to select options on the LCD screen as well as interact with icons displayed on fabric by the projector. The Brother Luminaire Innov-ís XP1 is a large machine, but it’s extremely quiet when sewing. You can see more of the features of this great machine on the Brother website. Be sure to check it out! Brother Luminaire Innov-ís XP1 sewing and embroidery machine I hope you’ll come back to the QUILTsocial blog starting June 17, 2019 to see my next projects using the Brother Innov-ís XP1 Sewing, Embroidery and Quilting machine – The Luminaire! This is part 5 of 5 in this series. Go back to part 4: The Luminaire XP1, its camera and projector for decorative stitches fun [shareaholic app=”follow_buttons” id=”23735596″] Print this page or save as a PDF 0qs260brotherfree patternsLuminaireplacematssewing machine reviewstutorials FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinRedditWhatsappTelegramEmail Jean Boyd Jean has been designing and publishing patterns since 1997. For the past several years she has been designing patterns for new fabric collections by Northcott Fabrics. Her work has been published in several magazines in both Canada and the United States. Jean holds a Fiber Arts Certificate in quilting and has taught extensively throughout Canada, including six national Quilt Canada conferences. She was named "Canadian Teacher of the Year" in 2003 by the Canadian Quilters Association and has won numerous awards for her quilts. previous post The Luminaire XP1, its camera and projector for decorative stitches fun next post QUILTsocial Giveaway 262: Boho Beach 10-Fat Quarter Bundle! YOU MAY ALSO LIKE... Playing with the drawing tools in My Design... A page of machine embroidery history comes alive... Brother Luminaire, My Design Center, and a candlewicking... Adding a Decorative Fill Pattern around an embroidery... Creating textured fabric using the Luminaire My Design... Playing with the Quilting Border Patterns in the... Pattern Connection By Camera on the Brother Luminaire A wonderful innovation in design positioning: the Luminaire... Design positioning by scanning with the Brother Luminaire 5 comments Linda Webster May 28, 2019 - 5:25 pm Thanks for showing me the features on the Brother Luminaire XP1 machine. It’s a great machine for quilting. Reply Carolyn Montgomery May 26, 2019 - 10:32 am WOW! what an amazing machine and the batik fabrics are gorgeous. Reply Jean Boyd May 26, 2019 - 7:07 pm It is an amazing machine. Wish I had more time to “play” and use all the wonderful features on the Luminaire! Reply Laura M May 26, 2019 - 10:00 am What a wonderful project for playing with decorative stitches! Nothing more fun than to play and then to quickly make up a useful small project. Reply Jean Boyd May 26, 2019 - 7:06 pm Thanks Laura. Glad you liked these blog posts! Reply Leave a Comment Cancel Reply Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Δ This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.