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Brother Celeste CX1e Embroidery Machine

SKU: MCBCX1E
£3,599.00

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Product Overview

Your embroidery is your art and the Brother Celeste CX1e is designed to let it shine. Built for serious crafters, this powerhouse brings together Brother’s most advanced embroidery innovations, giving you precision, speed and complete creative freedom. Whether you’re stitching heirloom pieces, personalising gifts, or building your embroidery business, the Celeste is the machine that makes every idea possible.

Bigger, Faster, Smarter Embroidery

  • Extra-Large Embroidery Area: At 360 x 240mm (14 x 9.5”), the Celeste gives your designs room to come alive.
  • Speed Meets Accuracy: With up to 1,050 stitches per minute and a needle drop LED pointer, your creations will be stitched quickly and flawlessly.
  • Two-Point Positioning: Place designs perfectly along seams, plackets, and pockets every time.

Endless Creative Possibilities

The Celeste is more than a machine it’s your personal embroidery studio. With 523 built-in designs, 140 frame patterns, 22 craft designs, 27 decorative buttonholes and 26 fonts, you’ll never run out of inspiration. Advanced editing functions let you flip, rotate, resize, curve text and adjust spacing with ease. Plus, with colour shuffling, sorting and multi-brand thread palettes, every project will look exactly as you envisioned.

Want to expand your design library? Simply connect wirelessly or via USB to import your own patterns, or explore Brother’s Artspira app for exclusive embroidery content, Disney-inspired designs and even tools to turn your own drawings and images into embroidery.

Features That Work For You

From setup to finishing touches, the Celeste handles the hard work so you can focus on creativity:

  • Auto Needle Threader & Jump Stitch Trimmer – no more fiddling with threads.
  • Automatic Tension & Thread Sensors – perfect stitches, every time.
  • Independent Bobbin Winder & Auto Presser Foot Lift – save time and stitch without interruption.
  • Matrix Copy & No Sew Function – multiply designs or skip unwanted sections effortlessly.
  • My Stitch Monitor App – get project updates and thread change alerts on your phone.

Built For the Modern Embroiderer

With its 10.1” HD touchscreen, full-spectrum LED lighting, intuitive editing tools, and even built-in tutorial videos, the Celeste is as easy to use as it is powerful. You’ll have everything you need to take your embroidery to the next level and keep it there.

Why Choose the Brother Celeste CX1e?

  • Extra-large 14 x 9.5” embroidery area
  • 523 built-in designs + fonts, frames & more
  • Fast stitching – up to 1,050spm
  • Wireless connectivity & 2 USB ports
  • Advanced editing, positioning & colour tools
  • Precision needle drop LED pointer
  • Auto threading, trimming & tension controls
  • Built-in tutorials, apps & smart features
  • 5-year Brother warranty

Isn’t it time you got serious about your embroidery? With the Brother Celeste CX1e, every stitch is a masterpiece.

Hoops in the Box?

  • 1X Embroidery frame with decal set 360×240mm (14×9.5 Inch)
  • 1X Embroidery frame with decal set 180×130mm (7×5 Inch)

Accessories in the Box?

  • Embroidery foot “W+” with LED pointer (on machine)
  • Needle set - 75/11 6 needles: ball point needle for embroidery
  • Bobbin × 10 (one in machine)
  • Seam ripper
  • Scissors
  • Cleaning brush
  • Screwdriver (small)
  • Screwdriver (large)
  • Disc-shaped screwdriver
  • Spool cap (small)
  • Spool cap (medium) × 2 (one is on machine)
  • Spool cap (large)
  • Thread spool insert (mini king thread spool)
  • Vertical spool pin
  • Bobbin clip × 10
  • Spool felt (on machine)
  • Spool net × 2
  • Embroidery needle plate cover
  • Stylus
  • Bobbin case (no colour on the screw)
  • Bobbin cover (on machine)
  • Embroidery bobbin thread (#90, white)
  • Stabiliser material
  • Accessory bag
  • Operation manual
  • Embroidery design guide

Key Features

  • Extra-large embroidery area: 360 x 240mm (14 x 9.5 Inch)
  • 523 built-in embroidery designs, plus 140 frames, and 26 fonts
  • Fast – up to 1050spm embroidery speed
  • Precise – LED pointer embroidery foot and two-point positioning function
  • Stitch to Block function – change size of embroidery while keeping the stitch density
  • Matrix setting – automatically place repeated designs for the perfect layout
  • Advanced colour shuffling and colour sorting
  • Auto jump stitch trimmer and auto needle threader
  • Wireless connectivity and 2 USB ports – making it easy to import designs
  • Brother 5 year Warranty *Commercial use only 1 year warranty

Manufacturer Description

Your embroidery is your art, which is why we’ve built the Celeste for serious crafters like you. This machine brings you the best of Brother’s embroidery innovation, giving you precise, fast stitch outs that really let your creative side stand out.

Every Brother Celeste CX1e has an extra-large embroidery area of 360 x 240mm (14 x 9.5”), so you can see your designs come alive before your eyes.

If you need some inspiration, there are 523 built-in patterns (17 of which are in 5 sizes L/M/S/SS/XS), 26 embroidery fonts and 22 craft patterns, which you can combine, flip and rotate. There are also 140 decorative frames and over 27 decorative buttonhole designs.

The USB ports and WLAN wireless connectivity let you send your own embroidery designs, and those you’ve purchased, to your machine at the touch of a button. Celeste users can take their imagination to the next level with Brother’s Artspira mobile design app – access a huge library of designs, draw your own embroidery, convert your own images into embroidery patterns, buy Disney-inspired embroidery patterns and much more*!

With a generous 10.1” HD LCD touchscreen, colour sorting, advanced colour shuffling, multi-brand colour palettes, and text editing you can quickly personalise and perfect. Use the Matrix Copy feature to stitch multiples of the same pattern in the same hoop. Easy Echo and Deco fill let you add decorative textures with just the touch of a button. Don’t want to stitch out part of a design – use the Celeste’s No Sew feature!

Achieve nothing less than absolute precision with the needle drop LED pointer, which will show you exactly where your embroidery will start. Position embroidery patterns along sewing lines, above pockets and along plackets with the two point positioning feature.

Work smarter, not harder with the Celeste’s built-in innovation – advanced auto needle threader, jump stitch trimmer, auto tension, independent bobbin winder, auto presser foot lift, upper and lower thread sensors, Start/stop button and more. Be alerted when it’s time to change the thread or when your project is complete with the My Stitch Monitor App.

Isn’t it time you got serious about your embroidery?

Manufacturer Specifications

  • Machine Size: X-Large
  • Product Type: Embroidery, Small Business Use
  • Skill Level: Expert, Small Business Use
  • Bobbin Type: Horizontal
  • Insertion of Bobbin: Top Load Drop-in Bobbin
  • Lighting: LED
  • Number Of Needles: 1
  • USB Port
  • Wi-LAN Function: Yes
  • Wireless firmware updates: Yes
  • Display Size: 10.1 Inch
  • Type of Screen: High-Resolution IPS LCD-Touchscreen
  • Built-in Embroidery Frame Patterns: 140 (10 shapes x 14 stitch types)
  • Built-In Lettering Styles (Embroidery): 26(24 Alphabet, 2 Cyrillic)
  • Built-In Patterns: 523
  • Embroidery Area in mm: 360 x 240 (14 x 9.5 Inch)
  • Embroidery Frame Clearance for Bobbin Change: Yes
  • Embroidery Positioning Function: LED pointer
  • Font Editing Functions/Multiple Lines and Alignment (L-C-R): L-C-R
  • Font Size Selection (L-M-S): Yes
  • Frames Included: 180x130mm + 360x240mm
  • Jump Stitch Trim: Yes
  • LED Pointer:YES
  • Max Embroidery Speed (Stitches per Minute): 1050
  • Multiple Line Text Input: Yes
  • My Design Snap: Mobile app for perfect placement of embroidery designs
  • Number of Hoops (Standard Accessory): 2
  • Number of Spool Stands: 2
  • On-Screen Video Tutorials: Yes
  • Pattern - Size, Change Rotation & Mirror: Yes
  • Realistic Preview of Patterns: Yes
  • Single Colour Pattern Converter: Yes
  • Thread Colour Sorting: Yes
  • Eco Mode (Auto Power Off/Sleep Mode): Yes
  • Adjustable Thread Tension: Automatic
  • Automatic Thread Cutter: Yes
  • Bobbin Winder: Independant
  • Lower Thread Sensor: Yes
  • Needle Threading System: Automatic
  • Upper Thread Sensor: Yes
  • Machine Dimension (mm): 662x321x348
  • Weight (kg): 15.3

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Cut Type: Fat Quarter

Cut Type: Fat Quarter Our standard width fabric can be cut as a Fat Quarter, measuring 50cm x 1/2 the width of the bolt. Above is an example of how your fabric will be received, depending on the quantity ordered. We also offer a sample service, where you can order 1 single fat quarter of any standard width fabric, to have at home and compare colours. When you are finished, you can send them back to us for a refund (feel free to contact us for more information on this service).

Cut Type: By the Metre

Cut Type: By the Metre Our fabric can be cut as a Long Quarter, measuring a minimum of 25cm x width of bolt. We will supply the fabric as a continuous length (eg; if you bought 1.25m it will be sent as one piece of fabric).

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Brother Celeste CX1e Best Features

Carefully selected built-in designs

523 built-in embroidery designs, 26 alphabet fonts, 24 craft patterns, plus a large variety of frames and decorative motifs to let you start creating right away.

Matrix Feature

Duplicate the same design several times in one hooping, which means you can produce patches or repeated motifs more efficiently without re-hooping.

2-Point Positioning

Use the LED pointer to mark two points that guide precise needle drop, so you can align designs exactly with minimal fabric waste.

FEATURES

Machine TypeEmbroidery Only
Control TypeTouch Screen
SizeExtra Large
Parts Guarantee
Labour Guarantee
No of Threads1 Thread
Hoops Included2 Hoops
Max Embroidery Area240x360mm (9.4 x 14.2 Inches)
Machine Weight15.3kg
To fit ModelCeleste CX1e
No. Of Embroidery Designs523
Auto Thread Cutter Yes
Needle Threader Yes
Touch Screen Yes
Thread Sensor Yes
USB Port Yes
On-Screen Editing Yes
Embroidery Fonts Yes
Top Loading Bobbin Yes
Wifi Yes
Hard CoverNo

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