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Meet the new Stellaire series

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Your home, your designs, your Stellaire

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Disney dreams with the new Stellaire

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Designed for those whose creativity knows no bounds and who demand a professional finish every time, we’ve built the Stellaire series just for you.

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Perfect Positioning

Perfect embroidery has never been so easy to achieve with the Brother ‘My Design Snap’ app.
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Express yourself

727 built-in decorative stitches, and 4 sewing fonts (XJ1) and 727 embroidery designs, including Disney and monograms (XJ1 and XE1).
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Disney Magic

With 101 Disney embroidery patterns built in, the Stellaire brings the magic of Disney directly into your home.

Discover professional level technology that will bring your creativity to life.

Brother Stellaire Innov-is XJ1 sewing and embroidery machine

Stellaire Innov-is XJ1

Combination sewing, quilting and embroidery machine

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Enhanced Embroidery Experience (XJ1 & XE1)

  • Large embroidery area of 240 x 360mm (9.5 x 14")
  • Fast, quiet embroidery speeds of up to 1,050spm
  • Easily edit embroidery designs and fonts
  • Easy-to-use text editing
  • Colour shuffling - choose your design, then choose your colours
  • Enhanced thread palettes with expanded brand and colour choices
  • Built-in LED needle drop pointer
  • Fuss-free Stippling – add around your chosen design with the touch of a button
  • Over 700 built-in embroidery designs

Professional-level sewing features (XJ1)

  • Large workspace: 11.25 x 5” (286 x 127 mm)
  • ICAPS – automatic fabric thickness detection keeps foot pressure consistent and stitch length even
  • Advanced motor-driven dual drive foot – easily sew any fabrics, even denims and silks
  • Laser line guide projects a straight line sewing guide directly onto your fabric
  • Lock stitch key - tie-off stitches sewn at the beginning and end of the stitch
  • Wide selection of buttonholes with large one-step buttonhole, up to 6mm width
  • Advanced presser foot control automatically raises after trimming and lowers when you start sewing
  • 577 decorative stitches, 150 utility stitches and four sewing fonts - three alphabet and one Cyrillic
  • My Custom Stitch™ – Create your own decorative stitches straight into your machine via the LCD touchscreen.

Brother Innov-is Stellaire XJ1 and XE1 Technology

Intro to the Stellaire XJ1 and XE1 Sewing and Embroidery Machines
My Design Snap - Background Scan for Stellaire Embroidery Machines
My Design Snap - Design Positioning for Stellaire Embroidery Machines
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My Design Center
10.1" LCD Display on Stellaire Sewing & Embroidery Machines
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My Design Center – powerful and intuitive

Our powerful, easy-to-use editing programme means creating your own custom works of art has never been so easy (or fun!).

Draw or doodle straight into My Design Center using the Stellaire’s large drawing area on the touchscreen. Or use the built-in USB port to import your favourite jpegs and watch in amazement as it’s turned directly into stitch data.

You can even pair My Design Center with My Design Snap to convert your own images into unique embroidery designs. You don’t even need a PC to get designing on your Stellaire!

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Disney magic stitched right in

With 101 Disney embroidery patterns built in, the Stellaire brings the magic of Disney directly into your home. You’ll find family favourites like Mickey Mouse, Goofy and Pluto plus cherished characters from Frozen, Finding Nemo and Cars, just waiting to be stitched into the fabric of your family.

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Generous embroidery area


Create multiple appliqué badges or repeating designs at once, with the touch of a button. Sew in multiples using large embroidery area of 240 x 360mm (9.5 x 14").
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On-screen embroidery design


Easily edit embroidery designs and fonts. Add text, duplicate, rotate, mirror and resize with no computer required.
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Optimise productivity


Optimise productivity with the colour sort feature, which groups the same colours together for repeated designs. It means less colour changes and faster completion time of your designs.
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To keep it easy on the eyes


Enhanced LED lighting with five settings, including off, lets you can find the right illumination level for you. We’ve designed the lighting so there’s less glare and minimal shadows.
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Zoom and adjustment features


For larger than life design edits you can zoom in up to 800% (in My Design Center) or up to 200% in all other modes.
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LED needle drop pointer


See exactly where your embroidery will be stitched and reposition accurately using the included LED pointer foot.
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Room to create


With an 11.25” long arm machine you can achieve anything you can imagine. From quilts to curtains, wedding dresses to bulky coats, there’s space to work quickly and comfortably.
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Straight sewing with laser guideline


Laser line guide projects a straight line sewing guide directly onto your fabric. Sewing straight has never been easier!
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Built-in How-to tutorial videos


Need some guidance? With up to 24 built-in teaching videos, from basic operations, to embroidery to maintenance – you can even watch or add your own MP4s via USB memory.

The Innov-is Stellaire XJ1 and XE1 feature the latest technologies

Workspace

  •  11.25” long arm to the right of the needle and 5” height from sewing bed to top of machine arm

 

Lighting

  • Almost 11” of full-spectrum lighting around the needle with five adjustable brightness settings

 

Needle threader

  • Easy to use, automatic needle threading system

 

Bobbin winder

  • Independent bobbin winder system with adjustable winding speed

Wireless

  • Wireless LAN capability for exchange of embroidery data with PE-Design 11 and My Design Snap mobile app

 

Thread tension

  • Automatic thread tension

 

Thread cutter

  • Trims upper and lower threads automatically

 

Presser foot

  • Automatic presser foot lift and extra high lift

 

Thread sensors

  • Gives you a warning when your upper and lower threads are running low

 

Teaching videos

  • Up to 24 built-in teaching videos and MP4 playability

 

Environment

  • Save energy with the Eco and Deep Sleep modes

 

My Design Center

  • Create your own designs on-screen

 

My Design Snap

  • Mobile app for perfect placement of embroidery designs

 

LCD Display

  • Large and clear 10.1’’ (800 x 1280px) built-in HD LCD display

 

Intuitive user interface

  • Easy-to-use screen layout and realistic preview of selected stitches and patterns

 

USB connectivity

  • Two high-speed USB ports to upload designs easily. Can also use an optional external USB embroidery card reader for older Brother design cards

 

Multilingual

  • 12 built-in languages

 

Safety features

  • Easily disengage needle to make changing presser feet and needles safer, and lock the screen to avoid any accidental stitch changes

 

Updates

  • Software update capability

Embroidery area

  • Direct touch button for changing colours of embroidery patterns

 

Embroidery speed

  • Direct touch button for changing colours of embroidery patterns

 

Built-in designs

  • Total 727 embroidery pattterns including 101 Disney, monogram and buttonhole shapes

 

Built-in fonts

  • Built-in 24 embroidery fonts (22 Alphabet & 2 Cyrillic)

 

Text edit functions

  • Simplified user interface for text input and editing, with various editing capabilities such as curving, arraying and space adjustment

 

Font sizes

  • S/M/L size for font designs

 

Built-in frame designs

  • 140 frame pattern combinations

 

Thread trimming

  • Jump stitch thread trimming with thread wiper

 

Density

  • On-screen auto density adjustment (Stitch-To-Block) available for embroidery and letters

 

LED pointer

  • Laser pointer for precise pattern placement

 

Advanced editing functions

  • Design editing, flip designs horizontally, pattern rotating (0.1, 10 and 90 degrees), drag and drop operation, zoom up to 200%.

 

Basting

  • Embroidery basting

 

Colour Shuffling

  • Direct touch button for changing colours of embroidery patterns

 

Stippling

  • No-fuss stippling in embroidery edit placement

 

Selecting Designs

  • Quickly sort colours in different designs for optimised sewing order and to minimise thread changes

 

Colour change

  • Direct touch button for changing colours of embroidery patterns

 

Resume function

  • Resume your embroidery at the exact spot where you stopped incase of a power failure or accidental interruption

 

Appliqué creator

  • Built-in Appliqué Creator; create multiple appliqués in one hoop

 

Optimised colour sorting

  • Quickly sort colours in different designs for optimised sewing order and to minimise thread changes

 

Frame detection

  • Automatic embroidery frame size detection

 

Progress bar

  • View the progress of an embroidery pattern or individual colour, and use to move forwards/backwards through the design

 

Thread palettes

  • Select various thread brands for built-in and external designs

 

Included frames

  • Two standard frames, compatible with My Design Snap,  included 240 x 360mm (9.5 x 14’’) and 130 x 180mm (5 x 7’’). The XJ1 also includes an additional two frames, the 240 x 240mm (9.5 x 9.5") and the 100 x 100mm (4 x 4").

Built-in sewing stitches

  • Total of 727 utility, decorative stitches and buttonholes

 

Lettering fonts

  • Four built-in sewing lettering fonts (three alphabet, 1 Cyrillic)

 

Sewing speed

  • Sew up to 1,050 stitches per minute

 

Combination stitches

  • Individual adjustment for combined stitches (depending on category)

 

My Custom Stitch

  • My Custom Stitch™ gives you the ability to combine and edit custom stitches. Includes 185 built-in sample stitches.

 

Laser guideline marker

  • Guideline marker with 19mm side shift capability

 

Automatic presser foot pressure

  • Automatic Height Adjuster for automatic presser foot pressure

 

Lock stitch

  • Reinforcement stitch at start and end of sewing

 

Dual feed

  • Digital Dual Feed System for even and consistent sewing on all fabrics

 

Pivot and foot height

  • Lightning-quick pivoting functionality with customisable foot height

 

SFDS

  • Square feeding system with powerful and long feed dogs

 

Needle plate detector

  • Needle plate detector for safe operation

 

Straight stitch

  • Straight stitch needle plate and straight stitch foot included

 

Free motion

  • Presser foot height adjusts according to the thickness of the fabric

 

Drop feed function

  • Convert to free motion mode easily with a touch of a button on screen

 

Automatic presser foot functions

  • Bring presser foot down automatically using the Start/Stop button, knee lift and foot pedal
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Exclusive Dealer Support

We're at your side every step of the way.

Authorized Brother Dealers will show you how to get the best out of your Stellaire Innov-is XJ1 and XE1, and support you with whatever questions you may have now and in the future.
 
And for your peace of mind, we have extended the warranty period to 5 years, totally free of charge.
 
Brother – always at your side. 

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Optional Accessories

From stylish storage, to extra-large extensions and endless ways to accessorise, we’ve got everything you need to take your creating to the next level.

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Disclaimers:
*Disclaimer – 1-year warranty only if using for business.

Disney embroidery patterns contained in this product are for personal non-commercial use only. No license is granted for any commercial use of these patterns and any such use is strictly prohibited.
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© Disney / Pixar

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