I have a Bernina and I can have it tie before cutting, if I program it. I don't get any nests at all. It's a dream machine for me. I have a Singer 401 Slant O Matic and a Viking Huskavarna and they don't cut. My Bernina is in getting it's tune up, but I don't like sewing on anything but it, so I am not sewing now. My Bernina is my baby and I'm waiting for her.