Hand Embroidery
Is there a sewing machine that allows free-hand embroidery as well as programmed?
You guide the material yourself and make whatever you want. The plate you put under the presser foot is high so that the material is not pushed by the machine; the teeth can't reach the material to move it with that plate on.
The less expensive sewing machines have a shield to cover the feed dogs so you can free-motion stitch/thread paint. You also need to use a darning/free-motion presser foot.
If you have a machine that does not have the shield or does not have a function to disengage or lower the feed dogs, you can reduce the stitch length to zero and this reduces the movement of the feed dogs. You can also tape an index card over the feed dogs.
However, for programmed embroidery you would need a combo sewing/embroidery machine.
There are also sewing machines with built-in stitches that are sometimes referred to as embroidery - flowers, vines, curved lines, quilting stitches are a few.
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