Description
Alfa Dúo
Are you looking for a machine that embroiders and sews all at once, and that you can also manage from your smartphone? Yes, it exists, and it’s called Alfa DÚO! An extremely complete machine with all the embroidery and sewing functions just one click away.
With the “MyPatterns” app, you can create and edit your embroidery projects straight from your phone. You also have the option to send the designs from the app to your machine via WiFi, whether your own designs or from elsewhere (downloaded from the internet) and in most existing formats. And if you just want to sew, you have a very complete machine before you, with 120 stitches and 6 types of buttonholes, and large workspace at 170 mm, and loads of conveniences, like the automatic threader, the start/stop button, and the automatic thread snipper.
If you would like to go a step further, take a look at the Alfa 9900.
YOUR ALFA IN DETAIL
Browse through the different sections to learn about your machine in depth: photos, technical features, video tutorials, etc.
Embroidery features:
- 70 embroidery designs + 2 letter fonts.
- Maximum embroidery area 120 x 180 mm.
– Includes two embroidery hoops: 50x70mm / 120 x 180mm.
– Includes embroidery programme (beginner level).
- Compatible embroidery formats: .zhs, .pes, .dst, .jef, .xxx, .hus, .exp, .pec, .pcs, .sew, .vip, .vp3.
- App functions:
- 1. Automatic cut after each colour.
- 2. Possibility of changing embroidery sequence.
- 3. Mirror function.
- Hoop detector.
– A WiFi or mobile data connection is essential for the machine to be able to embroider.
Download the embroidery design programme for your Alfa Dúo here.
Can’t download the MyPatterns app from Google Play? Download it here.
Sewing features:
• 120 stitches + 6 kinds of buttonholes
• Numerical LED screen
• Workspace 170 mm
• Automatic threader
• Metal presser foot adaptor
• Variable stitch length up to 5 mm
• Variable stitch width up to 7 mm
• Speed control with pedal or manual
• Horizontal shuttle
• Horizontal spool pin
• • Automatic thread snipper
• Start/Stop button
• Overlock button
• Upper and lower thread sensor
• Automatic thread tension adjuster
• 2 LED lamps
• Maximum speed: 800 spm
Embroidery tips:
• Scissors: we advise using num. 80 thickness needles or less, we recommend A990311000 blue-shanked needles.
• Presser foot pressure: we recommend -2.
• Thread: Use special embroidery thread with 40 or 50 thickness.
• Avoid putting the thread cone on the spool pin; due to its weight, it may have a hard time properly pulling the thread.
• Avoid reducing the size of the embroidery drawings and letters in the app itself. If you wish to modify the size, do so in a digitising programme.
• Use the fabric interlining to sew normal fabrics, and a special plastic to embroider towels or terry fabrics.
• To embroider knit and elastic fabrics, do not place the fabric directly on the hoop. Place an interlining very tightly on the hoop, use a temporary spray fixative, paste the fabric on top, properly stretched without wrinkles, and embroider.
HOW TO CONNECT YOUR ALFA DÚO WITH THE APP
HOW TO PLACE THE BOBBIN AND THREAD
HOW TO SET UP EMBROIDERY IN “MYPATTERNS”
HOW TO EDIT YOUR EMBROIDERY IN “EZ DESIGN”
You are almost ready to get your Alfa machine, but you still have a few questions that need answering. We will try to provide a response to your concerns:
Will I know how to use it?
We are very familiar with this feeling. In our "I Want to Sew" section and in leading sewing blogs, you can find tutorials that will help you to better understand your machine. If you would like to delve into the world of sewing, you can contact our partner academies and enjoy your Alfa to its full potential. What's more, we are always in motion and organise weekly workshops in different locations, attend DIY fairs, and organise events at haute couture centres.
Will it last many years?
Over the past 100 years in history, four generations have now sewn with an Alfa. Today, we are proud to walk hand-in-hand with our customers advise them whenever they need us. Regarding old Alfa machines, for example, we strive to provide replacements. Moreover, in this section, we have over 200 old (and modern) machine manuals that we have collected, because many of you have inherited an Alfa and are still sewing with it. The truth is, there are beautiful stories behind every Alfa, and we love it when you share them with us by email and on social media.
If it breaks down, what should I do?
Contact us through this form. At our Eibar facilities (Gipuzkoa, Spain), we repair machines, provide assistance, and coordinate workshops around the country. This gives us awareness of problems and allows us to resolve them quickly.
WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT THE Alfa Dúo
“The ALFA Dúo sewing and embroidery machine is amazing! Besides sewing everything, you can personalise garments with it with your own embroidery patterns and control it all from your phone. You can download any embroidery pattern and send it straight to the machine via WiFi, it’s truly wonderful! This is a machine that I recommend to everyone.”
Ana G.Historias Hiladas Málaga
“A very complete machine that sews and embroiders. It is surprising how easy it is to handle, both for sewing and for embroidering. It is very easy to connect the machine with your phone through the free app. The embroidery is very high quality, and it works with all embroidery formats on the market.”
Manuel Contreras RodríguezBadajoz
“When I tried the Alfa Dúo, I was surprised at how easy it was to embroider and all the options there are to edit the embroidery patterns from your smartphone with the app. You won’t be able to stop embroidering!”
Carolina CaballeroDeCostura Fuengirola
