*NEW* Sewing/Embroidery Machine Used once-Original Box

**New in box**  Got it as a gift, loved it, used it once....  just too big for my sewing area and no time to enjoy it.  Retail $899.00  In original box with all packaging and accessories.

This new version 3 Singer Futura CE250 has all the computer power you will ever need....! you don't have to move, edit, resize your embroidery design on this Singer Futura LDC screen, you use your own PC to create and digitize designs using the Windows software that is included with our Singer Futura CE250.

As well as being a great sewing machine for everyday sewing, its also a full power embroidery machine when you link it to your own PC, all the software and cables are included to allow you to create beautiful motifs.

The new Singer Futura CE250 is a sewing machine that puts simplicity at your finger tips. engineered to the highest standard in construction....

Its the newest break-through in sewing and embroidery technology! Whether it is repairing clothing, creating new garments, embroidering a tablecloth, or even creating your own custom embroidery designs, the Singer Futura can tackle any sewing and embroidery project!

Regular sewing tasks are made simple with 99 built-in stitch programs, programmable needle up/down, one-touch pattern selection, four styles of one-step buttonhole, drop-feed for free-motion sewing, and much more! Create beautiful embroidery with a direct connection to a Windows compatible computer, and create your own embroidery designs from photos or clip-art!

New features like, three Stay-Bright LED's light over the sewing area address a feature asked for by consumers - better lighting! With lights on each side of the needle area as well as one light over the large sewing area, it is easier to see your work. An illuminated sewing area makes all your sewing more precise.

Twin Needle Function, automatically reduces the stitch width on decorative patterns to prevent needle breakage when sewing with a twin needle, all at the touch of a button

Sewing Functions:

• Straight stitch needle positions vary from left to right with stitch width control
• Stitches: utility, stretch, construction, decorative, hand look quilt, heirloom, blanket, serge type, satin, etc. with mirror image.
• Five 1-Step Button Holes and Eyelet
• Top Drop-In Bobbin Type
• Clear Bobbin Cover
• Twin Needle Setting
• Built-in Accessory Storage
• Carry Handle
• Drop Feed Control
• Free-Arm for cuffs, trouser and tubular sewing
• 3 x Built-in Lights
• Built-in Needle Threader
• Snap-on Presser Feet
• Horizontal and Vertical Thread Delivery from Spools
• 99 Stitch Functions with 89 built-in sewing stitches plus 5 embroidery lettering styles in software.
• Built-in automatic needle threader
• Needle stops up with up/down control button
• One-touch pattern sewing selection
• Two styles of one-step buttonholes
• Top drop-in class 15 plastic bobbin with see-through cover
• Drop feed control for embroidery and sewing

Create your own designs!

• Comes with its own Futura software v3 lettering and digitizing package including AutoPunch
• Scan a photo, use clip art and the software automatically fills it with stitches and sends it directly to the machine
• Two hoop sizes included - Large ( 4-1/2" x 6-3/4")
  and Small (3-1/8" x 4-3/4")
• Tutorial CD Included

• CE-250 Futura uses .FHE embroidery format and Compucon CHE design format - however the new version 3 Singer software that comes with our machine will automatically convert the following embroidery formats, 
  XXX
  PSW
  PEC
  PES
  HUS
  SEW
  EXP
  DST
  PCS, FHE and CHE. That means any of the above file formats can be sewn out, even designs downloaded from the internet.
• Auto Digitizing - Auto Punch software included
• Transmit digitized designs directly to the machine by USB cable included. No need for cards or reader/writer boxes.
• Unlimited colours in a design, depending on size
• When you change colour in palette, it automatically puts in a machine stop to change colour.
• Colour palette in software includes numbers for Sulky, Madeira and Robison-Anton.
• Crop Images
• Colour Reductions to save time
• Classify Stitch blocks
• Customize Stitch blocks
• Reorder stitch blocks
• Sew stitch width in mm that switches from column to fill stitches
• Start/stop button
• Lettering in embroidery function, not in sewing function

Accessories Included:

• Embroidery Unit and Software and USB cable
• Auto-digitizing Software is a easy to use software program that automatically converts an image into an embroidery design.
• Embroidery & Darning Foot
• General Purpose Foot
• Buttonhole Foot
• Needles
• Bobbins
• Buttonhole Opener
• Brush
• Screwdrivers
• Spool Caps
• Two Embroidery Hoops (Large and Small)
• 120 Built-In Embroidery Designs
• 5 Embroidery Fonts

All you need to make the Singer Futura a full power embroidery machine a compatible PC -IBM PC/AT compatible pc, Inc Windows Vista, XP to 95 system, VGA monitor,  USB port, Standard CD ROM drive, mouse.