300 × 200mm embroidery field
Create substantial motifs, blocks and lettering layouts in one hooping.
Large-format dedicated embroidery machine
Brother Innov-is Essence VE2300
Create larger embroidery with exceptional control, accurate positioning and fast, quiet operation. The Brother Innov-is Essence VE2300 combines a spacious 300 × 200mm embroidery field, V-Sonic Sensor Pen, Droplight LED positioning marker, 318 built-in designs, 17 embroidery fonts and a large 7-inch colour touchscreen.
300 × 200mm
maximum embroidery area
318
built-in designs
17
embroidery fonts
1,050 SPM
maximum embroidery speed
More room, more precision and fewer hooping limitations
The VE2300 is designed for creators who want substantially more embroidery space than a standard 100 × 100mm or 260 × 160mm home machine.
Its expansive 300 × 200mm field accommodates large motifs, quilt blocks, jacket designs, lettering layouts, appliqué embroidery and decorative home projects.
The V-Sonic Sensor Pen and Droplight positioning marker help place embroidery exactly where it is required, while the large touchscreen provides extensive on-machine editing.
Because it is a dedicated embroidery machine, the entire workspace, carriage and interface are focused on embroidery rather than ordinary garment sewing.
Important: the VE2300 is embroidery-only
The VE2300 does not perform ordinary straight stitching, zigzag sewing, buttonholes, garment construction or quilting seams.
It automatically moves a hooped project beneath the needle to create embroidery designs, lettering, appliqué and decorative stitch files.
A separate sewing machine is required for constructing garments, piecing quilts, hemming and general sewing.
Complete large-format embroidery package
Two hoops, V-Sonic Pen and LED pointer foot included
The standard VE2300 package includes both a large 300 × 200mm frame and a versatile 180 × 130mm frame, along with the positioning and thread-management accessories required to begin.
- Embroidery Foot W+ with LED pointer
- V-Sonic Ultrasonic Sensor Pen
- Sensor Pen holder
- 300 × 200mm embroidery frame
- 180 × 130mm embroidery frame
- Matching frame grid sheets
- Brother bobbins × 10
- Brother embroidery bobbin thread
- Embroidery needle set
- Ballpoint needle set
- Bobbin-work bobbin case
- USB computer cable
- Embroidery stabiliser sample
- Touchscreen stylus
- Accessory bag
- Soft machine cover
Advanced embroidery placement without moving into a commercial machine
V-Sonic Sensor Pen
Touch the fabric to position and angle compatible embroidery designs.
Droplight LED pointer
See the approximate needle-drop point before embroidery begins.
7-inch colour touchscreen
Edit, combine, resize and preview designs through a large visual display.
318 built-in designs
Begin creating immediately with decorative, quilting and bobbin-work options.
17 embroidery fonts
Create names, initials, dates and multilingual embroidered lettering.
Automatic thread trimming
Cut upper, bobbin and compatible jump threads with less finishing work.
Stitch jumping
Move through a design in increments up to 500 stitches when recovering position.
Large-format home embroidery
300 × 200mm, approximately 12 × 8 inches
The VE2300 gives you a noticeably larger embroidery field than many mid-range domestic machines.
This extra space is valuable when embroidering jacket panels, quilt blocks, cushion fronts, larger logos, long names and multi-element layouts.
Designs that fit within the 300 × 200mm field can be completed without splitting the file or repositioning the project between sections.
- Large decorative motifs
- Jacket-back embroidery
- Quilt blocks
- Cushion fronts
- Large appliqué
- Long names and wording
- Home décor panels
- Multi-element layouts
Match the frame to each project
Two useful embroidery hoops included
The 300 × 200mm frame provides the full embroidery area for larger designs and extended layouts.
The 180 × 130mm frame is more convenient for medium-sized designs and reduces the amount of excess fabric held inside the hoop.
Included frame sizes
- 300 × 200mm extra-large hoop
- 180 × 130mm medium hoop
- Matching grid sheets
- Automatic frame-area guidance
- Large and medium project options
- Additional optional hoops available
Position through the fabric
V-Sonic Ultrasonic Sensor Pen
The V-Sonic Pen communicates with the machine when touched against the hooped fabric inside the supported sensor area.
It can be used to establish positioning points and alter the angle of a compatible embroidery design.
This helps when aligning embroidery with existing seams, fabric markings, quilt blocks and project details.
- Set design positioning points
- Adjust design angle
- Align with fabric markings
- Position monograms
- Match embroidery to seams
- Pen holder included
See where the first stitch will land
Droplight embroidery positioning marker
Embroidery Foot W+ projects a red LED marker onto the project beneath the needle.
This shows the approximate needle-drop position before the design begins and provides a clear visual reference during placement.
Use it together with the hoop grid, touchscreen and V-Sonic Pen for greater positioning confidence.
- Shows the needle-drop point
- Useful for centred lettering
- Helps align with marked fabric
- Assists quilt-block placement
- Improves design confidence
- LED pointer foot included
A large visual embroidery workspace
7-inch full-colour touchscreen
The touchscreen displays embroidery designs, lettering, thread colours, hoop boundaries and editing controls in up to approximately 260,000 colours.
Compatible designs can be moved, combined, resized, rotated, mirrored and positioned directly on the machine.
Built-in tutorials and large icons make advanced functions easier to understand without constantly referring to the manual.
- Large 7-inch display
- Full-colour design preview
- Drag-and-drop positioning
- Design combining
- Pattern rotation
- Horizontal mirroring
- Lettering adjustment
- Built-in tutorials
318
Built-in embroidery designs
A substantial design library including decorative embroidery and specialist bobbin-work patterns.
Start creating immediately
A varied built-in design collection
The VE2300 provides 318 embroidery designs covering decorative motifs, florals, borders, quilt-related patterns and specialist techniques.
Built-in bobbin-work designs allow decorative thread or cord to be worked from the underside using the supplied bobbin-work case.
Additional compatible embroidery designs can be imported through USB.
- Decorative motifs
- Floral embroidery
- Quilting designs
- Border patterns
- Appliqué possibilities
- Bobbin-work designs
- Frame patterns
- USB design import
Seventeen embroidery fonts
Create embroidered names, initials, dates, numbers and messages in multiple lettering styles.
The font package includes 12 alphabet fonts, two Cyrillic fonts and three Japanese embroidery fonts.
Lettering can be arranged over multiple lines, resized, spaced and combined with decorative designs or frame patterns.
Names
Personalise towels, bags, clothing and children’s items.
Monograms
Create initials for linen, gifts and home accessories.
Quilt labels
Add the maker’s name, date and a personal message.
Multilingual lettering
Use alphabet, Cyrillic and Japanese font options.
140 frame-pattern combinations
Ten built-in frame shapes can be combined with 14 decorative stitch patterns to create 140 different border combinations.
Frames are useful around names, monograms, labels, badges and smaller motifs.
- Ten frame shapes
- Fourteen stitch styles
- 140 total combinations
- Monogram borders
- Decorative labels
- Patch and badge outlines
Edit before the first stitch
Comprehensive on-machine design editing
Prepare embroidery layouts directly on the VE2300 without requiring a computer for every adjustment.
Compatible designs and lettering can be combined, repositioned, mirrored and rotated within the available hoop area.
- Move designs within the hoop
- Combine multiple elements
- Rotate in supported increments
- Mirror designs horizontally
- Adjust lettering layouts
- Change thread colours
- Preview the finished layout
- Save edited combinations
Cleaner embroidery with less finishing
Automatic thread and jump-stitch trimming
The VE2300 cuts the upper and bobbin threads at suitable stopping points during embroidery.
Compatible jump stitches between separate colour blocks or design sections can also be trimmed automatically.
This reduces the loose connecting threads that would otherwise need to be removed manually after embroidery.
- Upper-thread cutting
- Bobbin-thread cutting
- Jump-stitch trimming
- Cleaner lettering
- Less manual scissor work
- Reduced finishing time
Advance or reverse through the design
When a thread breaks or a stitch section needs to be repeated, the machine can move forward or backward through the embroidery design.
Choose supported increments of one, 10, 100 or 500 stitches to return efficiently to the required point.
- Move one stitch at a time
- Move in groups of ten stitches
- Move in groups of 100 stitches
- Jump up to 500 stitches
- Recover after thread breaks
- Repeat missed design sections
Embroidery basting function
Add a temporary basting outline around the embroidery area before the main design begins.
Basting can help hold the project to the stabiliser and provides a visible check of the design’s position within the hoop.
This is particularly useful for floating materials, bulky projects and designs that must align with an exact area.
Programmable monochrome embroidery
Convert compatible multicolour designs to a continuous single-colour embroidery sequence.
The machine can continue through colour-change stops without requiring the upper thread to be replaced each time.
Monochrome mode is useful for tonal embroidery, linework, quilt blocks and modern decorative effects.
1,050
Maximum embroidery stitches per minute
Complete large and dense embroidery efficiently with automatic electronic speed management.
Fast large-format embroidery
Production-minded speed for the home studio
The VE2300 reaches embroidery speeds up to 1,050 stitches per minute.
The machine automatically varies its speed around corners, short stitches and intricate design sections.
Maximum speed can also be reduced for delicate fabrics, metallic threads and challenging specialist projects.
- Up to 1,050 stitches per minute
- Automatic speed management
- Adjustable maximum speed
- Suitable for dense designs
- Useful for small production runs
- Start and stop button operation
Fully automatic needle threading
Follow the marked upper-thread path and use the direct threading control to guide the thread through the needle eye.
This is particularly valuable during multicolour embroidery, where the upper thread may be changed repeatedly.
Automatic tension provides a recommended thread balance, with adjustment available when specialist threads or unusual materials require it.
- Automatic needle threading
- Automatic upper-thread tension
- Upper-thread sensor
- Bobbin-thread sensor
- Thread-break warning
- Low-bobbin warning
Quick-Set Bobbin and adjustable winding
Insert the bobbin from above, follow the marked thread path and begin embroidery without manually drawing the bobbin thread through the needle plate.
Adjustable bobbin-winding speed provides greater control when preparing standard embroidery bobbin thread or specialist threads.
Ten Brother bobbins and a separate bobbin-work case are included.
- Top-loading horizontal bobbin
- Quick-Set Bobbin
- Adjustable winding speed
- Transparent bobbin cover
- Ten bobbins included
- Bobbin-work case included
Clear visibility across the hoop
Approximately 10 inches of LED lighting
Bright LED illumination spreads across the needle area and embroidery workspace.
Better visibility makes it easier to check thread, monitor detailed designs and confirm positioning on dark fabrics.
- Wide illuminated area
- Clear needle visibility
- Useful for dark fabrics
- Supports thread changes
- Low-heat LED technology
- Improved hoop visibility
Import designs and update the machine
USB flash-drive and computer connectivity
Load compatible embroidery designs through a supported USB flash drive.
A separate USB connection allows the VE2300 to communicate directly with a compatible computer using the supplied cable.
USB connectivity is also used for supported machine software updates.
- USB flash-drive design import
- Direct computer connection
- USB cable included
- Supported machine updates
- Design export and storage
- Compatible PE-DESIGN workflow
The VE2300 does not have built-in Wi-Fi and is not compatible with Artspira wireless transfer. Designs are transferred through USB media or the direct computer connection.
Explore the Brother Innov-is Essence VE2300
A serious home embroidery machine with room to grow
Large monograms
Quilt blocks
Jacket embroidery
Appliqué embroidery
Personalised gifts
Home décor
Bag panels
Large lettering
Bobbin work
Decorative borders
Advanced hobby embroidery
Small creative businesses
Important information before purchasing
The Brother Innov-is Essence VE2300 is a dedicated domestic single-needle embroidery machine. It does not perform ordinary sewing.
Its maximum stitchable embroidery field is 300 × 200mm. Designs larger than this must be reduced, split or repositioned using suitable embroidery software and techniques.
It is a single-needle machine and stops at each colour stage so the upper thread can be changed manually.
The VE2300 does not include Wi-Fi or Artspira connectivity. Compatible designs are transferred through USB media or the direct computer connection.
Good embroidery requires suitable stabiliser, quality embroidery thread, correct bobbin thread, an appropriate needle and secure hooping.
The VE2300 uses flat embroidery frames. It is not intended to embroider finished structured caps in the same way as a commercial cap-frame machine.
Although suitable for personalised products and smaller creative runs, it remains a domestic machine rather than a commercial multi-needle production system.
Full logo digitising and conversion of original artwork generally require appropriate embroidery-digitising software or a professional digitising service.
What comes with the Brother VE2300?
Embroidery and positioning equipment
- Embroidery Foot W+ with LED pointer
- V-Sonic Ultrasonic Sensor Pen
- Sensor Pen holder
- 300 × 200mm embroidery frame
- 180 × 130mm embroidery frame
- Frame grid sheets
- Embroidery needle-plate cover
- Touchscreen stylus
Needles, bobbins and thread accessories
- Embroidery needle set
- Ballpoint needle set
- Brother bobbins × 10
- Bobbin clips × 10
- Brother embroidery bobbin thread
- Bobbin-work bobbin case
- Vertical spool pin
- Large and specialist spool caps
- Spool nets × 2
- Spool felt
Tools, connectivity and protection
- USB computer cable
- Seam ripper
- Scissors
- Cleaning brush
- Small screwdriver
- Large screwdriver
- Disc-shaped screwdriver
- Stabiliser sample
- Accessory bag
- Soft machine cover
- Operation manual
- Quick-reference guide
Brother Innov-is Essence VE2300 specifications
| Machine type | Dedicated domestic single-needle embroidery machine |
|---|---|
| Maximum embroidery area | 300 × 200mm, approximately 12 × 8 inches |
| Included embroidery frames | 300 × 200mm and 180 × 130mm |
| Built-in embroidery designs | 318 |
| Frame-pattern combinations | 140 using 10 frame shapes and 14 stitch patterns |
| Embroidery fonts | 17: 12 alphabet, two Cyrillic and three Japanese fonts |
| Bobbin-work designs | Included within the built-in design library |
| Maximum embroidery speed | Up to 1,050 stitches per minute |
| Touchscreen | 7-inch full-colour LCD touch display |
| Display colours | Up to approximately 260,000 colours |
| On-screen design editing | Move, combine, rotate, mirror and edit compatible designs |
| Pattern rotation | Supported one, 10 and 90-degree increments |
| Drag-and-drop positioning | Yes |
| V-Sonic Sensor Pen | Included for embroidery positioning and angle adjustment |
| Droplight positioning marker | Included on Embroidery Foot W+ |
| Stitch forward and backward | One, 10, 100 or 500-stitch increments |
| Embroidery basting | Yes |
| Programmable monochrome embroidery | Yes |
| Resume function | Yes |
| Automatic thread cutter | Yes, cuts upper and bobbin threads |
| Automatic jump-stitch trimming | Yes, for compatible embroidery data |
| Needle threader | Fully automatic |
| Thread tension | Automatic with adjustment available |
| Upper-thread sensor | Yes |
| Bobbin-thread sensor | Yes |
| Bobbin system | Top-loading horizontal Quick-Set Bobbin |
| Bobbin winding | Adjustable winding speed |
| Lighting | Bright LED lighting across approximately 10 inches |
| USB flash-drive port | Yes |
| Direct computer connection | Yes, USB cable included |
| Machine software updates | Supported through USB connection |
| Wi-Fi | No |
| Artspira compatibility | No wireless Artspira transfer |
| Number of needles | One |
| Sewing capability | No, this model is embroidery-only |
| Energy-saving functions | Sleep and automatic shut-off modes |
| Machine cover | Soft cover included |
Popular compatible optional accessories
Additional embroidery frames
- MF300AP magnetic frame, 300 × 180mm
- EF91 square embroidery frame, 200 × 200mm
- EF81 extra-large frame, 260 × 160mm
- EF74 medium frame, 100 × 100mm
- EF73 small frame, 60 × 20mm
- Compatible border and speciality frames
Embroidery software and design services
- Brother PE-DESIGN 11
- Compatible PES embroidery collections
- Professional logo digitising services
- USB flash drives for design transfer
- Compatible lettering and monogram files
Thread, bobbins and stabilisers
- Madeira Polyneon embroidery thread
- Brother embroidery thread sets
- Brother embroidery bobbin thread
- Brother 11.5mm bobbins
- Tear-away stabiliser
- Cut-away stabiliser
- Iron-on stabiliser
- Water-soluble stabiliser
- Water-soluble topping
Brother Innov-is Essence VE2300 FAQ
Is the Brother VE2300 a sewing and embroidery machine?
No. The VE2300 is a dedicated embroidery-only machine. It does not perform ordinary sewing or garment construction.
What is the maximum embroidery size?
Its maximum stitchable embroidery field is 300 × 200mm, approximately 12 × 8 inches.
How many embroidery hoops are included?
Two hoops are included, measuring 300 × 200mm and 180 × 130mm.
How many embroidery designs are built in?
The machine includes 318 embroidery designs plus 140 frame-pattern combinations.
Can it embroider names and monograms?
Yes. Seventeen embroidery fonts provide multiple options for names, numbers, initials, dates and short messages.
What does the V-Sonic Sensor Pen do?
The Sensor Pen helps position and adjust the angle of compatible embroidery designs by touching supported points on the hooped fabric.
What does the Droplight pointer do?
It projects a red LED marker showing the approximate needle-drop position before embroidery begins.
Can designs be edited on the machine?
Yes. Compatible designs can be moved, combined, rotated, mirrored and adjusted through the colour touchscreen.
Can I import my own embroidery designs?
Yes. Compatible embroidery files can be loaded using a supported USB flash drive or direct computer connection.
Does the VE2300 have Wi-Fi?
No. Design transfer and machine updates use USB media or the supplied computer cable.
Is it compatible with Artspira?
It does not support Artspira wireless transfer because the machine does not have built-in Wi-Fi.
Does it change embroidery colours automatically?
No. It is a single-needle machine and stops at each colour stage so the upper thread can be changed.
Does it cut jump stitches automatically?
Yes. Compatible jump stitches between embroidery sections can be trimmed automatically.
What happens if the thread breaks?
Use the stitch forward and backward controls to return to the required point in increments of one, 10, 100 or 500 stitches.
What is bobbin work?
Bobbin work uses decorative thread or cord in a specialist bobbin case so the decorative stitching is formed from the underside of the project.
Can it embroider large jacket designs?
It can embroider any compatible design that fits within the 300 × 200mm field. Larger designs must be divided or repositioned using suitable software and techniques.
Can it embroider structured caps?
No. The VE2300 uses flat embroidery frames. Finished structured caps require specialist commercial cap-frame equipment.
Is it suitable for a small embroidery business?
It can suit personalised gifts, monograms, quilt blocks and smaller creative runs. A commercial multi-needle machine is more efficient for high production volumes, caps and automatic colour changes.
Does it include digitising software?
No full professional digitising package is included. Brother PE-DESIGN software is available separately, or designs can be professionally digitised.
What thread should I use?
Quality 40-weight embroidery thread is suitable for most designs. Use the correct embroidery bobbin thread, needle and stabiliser for the fabric and design.
Product information, manuals and machine support
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Expert advice, genuine warranty assistance and in-house servicing
Direct Sewing has supplied sewing, quilting, embroidery, overlocking and industrial equipment throughout New Zealand since 2001.
Our experienced team can explain embroidery hooping, stabiliser selection, USB design transfer, V-Sonic positioning, embroidery thread, bobbin thread, design formats and the difference between domestic and commercial embroidery systems.
Your Brother Innov-is Essence VE2300 is supported by genuine New Zealand warranty assistance and our own in-house technical workshop. Servicing and repairs are completed by experienced sewing-machine and embroidery technicians with decades of industry knowledge.
For creators wanting a generous 300 × 200mm embroidery field, premium positioning tools, fast stitching and extensive on-machine editing without moving into a commercial multi-needle system, the Brother VE2300 remains an exceptionally capable embroidery machine.