The latest computerized embroidery machines provide capabilities that sewing enthusiasts could only dream about just a few years ago.  These machines allow you to create complex embroidery patterns on your PC (or to use professionally-created patterns), and then download these patterns into your embroidery machine.  The embroidery machine then produces the complete embroidery in a few minutes, a process that used to take days or even weeks to complete.

The only problem is that your computer must be near your embroidery machine in order to download the patterns.  This is because most embroidery machines use USB connections to connect to the PC, and USB cables are limited to a maximum of 5 meters (a little less than 16 feet 5 inches).  If you’re like many people, however, your PC is probably in a different room than your embroidery machine.  So how do you connect the PC to the embroidery machine?

You could, of course, move the PC to the embroidery machine, but this isn’t a practical solution unless you have a laptop computer.  Even if you have a laptop, however, it is rather inconvenient, especially if you have devices like printers and scanners plugged into the laptop. Some embroidery machines support a USB host port to allow the use of a USB flash drive to transfer data from the PC to the embroidery machine, but this requires a separate copy operation, plus constant plugging and unplugging devices.  In addition, USB flash drives are easy to lose or damage.

The simplest and most convenient way to connect a PC in one room to an embroidery machine in a different room is to use 802.11 Wi-Fi wireless technology with a product like Silex’s StitchLink.  StitchLink lets you use your PC and embroidery machine exactly as if they were directly connected with a USB cable. It works with all your embroidery programs, and  you don’t have to learn any new procedures to use it.

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