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General Overview
Even More Features
My Design Center
My Design Center 2
Embroidery Edit
My Design Center 3

Our visionary designers at Brother never stop dreaming — now introducing THE Dream Machine 2. Enhanced, fine-tuned and graced with refined new features, the Dream Machine 2 sewing machine gives serious enthusiasts like yourself an incomparable sewing, embroidery and quilting experience.
| LCD Display Size (Horizontal x Vertical) Inches | 5.3 x 8.5 |
| Display (Numer of Colors) | Up to 16,777,216 |
| Stitch Select | Clear Touch Panel |
| On-Screen Help | Yes |
| Built-in Languages | Yes |
| On-Screen Editing | Yes |
| Lighting | LED 10" Lighting |
| Thread Tension | Automatic |
| Needle Threading System | Automatic |
| Easy Bobbin Winding | Yes |
| Adjustable Bobbin Winding Speed | Yes |
| Thread Sensor | Upper and Bobbin |
| Automatic Thread Cutter | Yes |
| Quick-Set Bobbin | Yes |
| Full USB | 2 |
| Computer Connectivity with Update Capability | Yes |
| Mouse Capability by USB | Yes |
| Media Type | USB SD Card |
| Maximum Embroidery Area (X x Y) | 9 ½" x 14" |
| Maximum Embroidery Speed (Stitches Per Minute) | 1,050 |
| Standard Included Frames | 5 (9 ½" x 14", 8" x 12", 9 ½" x 9 ½", 5" x 7", 4" x 4") (and ScanImation Scanning Frame (8 ½" x 12")) |
| Built-in Brother Embroidery Designs | 982 |
| Built-in Embroidery Designs Featuring Disney/Disney•Pixar Characters | 166 |
| Built-in Frame Designs | 10 Shapes x 14 Stitch Patterns |
| Built-in Embroidery Lettering Fonts | 22 |
| InnovEye Technology | Yes |
| Thread Wiper | Yes |
| Resume Function | Yes |
| Trial Position/Layout Function | Yes |
| Built-in Border Function and Designs | Yes |
| Color Sort Feature | Yes |
| Sewing with Embroidery Unit Attached | Yes |
| Appliqué Creator Function | Create Multiple Appliqués in One Hoop |
| Automatic Feed Thread Cutting | Yes |
| Curving Text on Screen Editing | Yes |
| On-Screen Letter Editing | Enhanced |
| Advanced Multiple Pattern Selection | Yes |
| Combining Bobbin Work Patterns | Yes |
| Space Reduction Among Embroidery Alphabets | Yes |
| Pattern Rotating | 0.1, 1, 10, or 90 Degrees |
| Drag and Drop Editing | Yes |
| On-Screen Automatic Density Adjustment | Yes |
| My Design Center Feature | Enhanced |
| No-Fuss Stippling at Embroidery Edit | Yes |
| V-Sonic Pen Pal for Embroidery | Yes |
| Basting Stitch Before Embroidery | Yes |
| Forward Backward Stitch | 1, 10, 100, 1000 |
| Droplight Embroidery Positioning Marker | Yes |
| Bed Area (Depth x Width) Inches | 8.2 x 17.1 |
| Work Space (Height x Width) Inches | 5 x 11.25 |
| Maximum Sewing Speed (Stitches Per Minute) | 1,050 |
| Knee Lifter | Yes |
| Feed Dog | 7 (Longer Version) |
| Back to Beginning Key | Yes |
| Standard Presser Feet | 16 |
| Built-in Sewing Stitches (Includes Buttonhole Styles) | 726 |
| Buttonhole Styles | 15 One-Step + 1 Four-Step |
| Built-in Sewing Lettering Fonts | 5 |
| Stitch Width | 7mm |
| Stitch Length | 5mm |
| Reinforcement Stitch | Yes |
| V-Sonic Pen Pal for Sewing | Yes |
| Sew Straight Laser Vision Guide | Yes |
| MuVit Digital Dual Feed | Yes |
| My Custom Stitch Feature | Yes |
| Side Feeding | Yes |
| Start/Stop Button | Yes |
| Twin Needle Setting Key | Yes |
| Needle Position Key (Up/Down) | Yes |
| Automatic Height Adjuster (AHA) Feature | Yes |
| Presser Foot Pressure Adjustment and Leveling | Yes |
| Pivot Function | Yes |
| Drop Feed/Free-Motion | Yes |
| Free-Motion Quilting Foot | Yes |
| Built-in Quilting Stitches | Yes |
| Included Quilting Feet | Yes |
| Included Wide Table | Yes |

Already own THE Dream Machine XV8500D? Now you can enjoy all the great features of the new XV8550D by upgrading your machine with this versatile Upgrade Pack I. With the included My Design Center Upgrade, enjoy more stitch patterns, designs and editing capabilities than ever before. Plus, an included 9 ½" x 9 ½" embroidery hoop for all your new creations. Please visit us at our San Marcos, CA retail location and ask about the upgrade to turn your Dream Machine into the Dream Machine 2!
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