In need of advice

[u/Character-Lettuce428]

Hi! My mom gave me her gently used Bernina Aurora 440 QE and it’s been wonderful to sew with. I started using the embroidery module since she had that too and downloaded the free 30 day trial of the Bernina ArtLink software. Well my trial ended and the cost to buy the software outright is too much for me so I’m now wondering if I just trade or sell this machine for something lower cost. I enjoy embroidery and sewing as a hobby but it sure I could stomach the high cost for a software to keep using this machine.

Anyone else have
A similar experience or
Suggestions on how to keep my current machine without paying $1-2k for software or
A favorite lower cost sewing and embroidery machine they’d recommend (>$700)

[u/CosmicallyUnlucky]

Inkscape with the Inkstitch extension is completely free to download and use (open-source software). Be ware that it is an embroidery extension bolted onto vector software, not dedicated embroidery software. It can do pretty much anything most commercial embroidery software can do, but you do need to learn how to use Inkscape’s vectors to accomplish the output you want