Re: Sewing machines
You have 2 choices for embroidery. Either a regular sewing machine, and do the embroidery free hand (which is VERY time consiming), or with a (sewing)-embroidery machine. You can see the links I mentioned above for a basic model. The higher the price, the more features, and sizes available to embroider, as well as the more parts to break down. Whatever you choose, machine emberoidery is a skill that takes much practice to perfect.