Brother PED-Basic | Download Embroidery Designs with the Brother PED-Basic Software

If you want to write additional embroidery designs to a memory card, then you will need software and a card writer box to write the cards. If you have a machine without a USB port, such as the Brother SE350, then memory cards are the only way to download additional patterns.

If your Brother Embroidery machine has a USB port that takes a thumb drive, you don't need this software. You can import saved and downloaded designs from a USB memory stick.

If your machine has the type of USB port that connects to your computer, you can import saved and downloaded designs from your computer. You don't really need this software. But it might be handy to have because you can store more designs on the memory card than you can save in the embroidery machine's memory. You need software and a writer to write the cards. You can't write cards from the embroidery machine.

If you want to download additional embroidery designs from the Internet to use with your Brother home embroidery machine, but aren't yet ready to create your own designs, the Brother PED-Basic Software package allows you to do just that.

• Download free or low-cost embroidery designs (.pes format files) from the Internet


• Import embroidery designs from CD-ROM


• Built-in embroidery samples


• Three frame sizes (You are limited to the maximum frame size your machine can embroider.)


• Resize most designs from 90 to 120%


• Print an image of the design and information about the pattern: name, size, number of stitches, and thread colors


• Print sewing area box & center axis of the pattern


• Print template grid that you can use as a template to place the design on your embroidery project.


• Realistic stitch design preview - The stitching and colors are displayed on your computer screen so that you can preview the actual embroidery.


• Writes the embroidery design data (.pes files) to original Brother memory cards for your embroidery machine.

For Use With All Brother Home Embroidery Machines (that use a memory card)

Note: If your Brother Embroidery machine has a USB port, you don't need this software. You can transfer saved designs from your computer or USB memory stick. But if it's the USB port that connects to a computer and not a thumb drive, some people still prefer to write embroidery cards to store their designs. If you're like this, you'll still need software to write the cards.

Note: This software cannot be used to create embroidery data or designs. It can't be used to put letters together to form words. For that you need more advanced embroidery software.

Compatible with IBM-PC compatible computers with a USB port and CD-ROM drive. Requires Windows 98 operating system or later. Now compatible through Windows 7. Be sure to check for compatibility with your own computer.

Note: Not compatible with Macintosh. You must use a solution that runs Windows on a Macintosh such as Parallels Desktop, VMWare Fusion, or BootCamp to use PED-Basic with a Macintosh.

• USB Card Writer Box


• CD-Rom containing PED-Basic software installer and sample designs


• 4M Blank Memory Card


• Instruction Manual

1. Using your computer and the PED-Basic software, download PES embroidery data from any embroidery design site or pre-packaged design pack.


2. Preview and/or edit the imported embroidery data on your computer screen.


3. Write the PES data to an original Brother embroidery card.


4. Simply insert the card into a compatible Brother, Babylock, Simplicity or Bernina Deco embroidery machine and press the Start button to sew beautiful embroidery.

Here are a few reviews from owners of the Brother PED-Basic Software.

A Must-Have for Embroiderers
This is probably one of the best products I have ever bought. For those who do not know much about computers, it is so easy and the instructions are very simple. There is no reason to have to spend $39.99-$75.00 for embroidery cards when you may not even use all of the patterns. This product allows you to go to innumerable websites and download designs, most of them free, onto the memory card and simply slip it in your machine and you are set to go. I wish that I had bought this before I spent hundreds of dollars on memory cards! ~Patricia L. Bour (Bowling Green, KY)

Better than I thought it would be!
I am amazed at how much this allows me to download! I thought I would only be able to download designs from the Brother website, but I was WRONG! You can get designs from almost any embroidery site with this!!! I love it! I've done so much with it, that it's basically paid for itself! I definitely suggest the investment! ~J. Gonzalez "Would Be Seamstress" (Las Vegas, NV)

Great Product for embroidery designs
I am new to embroidering and I love this product. It allows me to download designs and transfer them to an embroidery card for use in my machine. I recommend copying your designs to a CD or memory stick though. The card doesn't hold a lot of data. It is a great product for beginners. ~Kristin Rivera (Elyria, OH)

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