i have the designer one (viking) the first year we all used the embroidery unit lots, but now i don't think i've done an embroidery with it in a year or more...the novelty seems to have worn off. once in awhile my daughter will need something for the girls embroidered and she will use it, but it is not a regular thing anymore. maybe at some point i will catch up with myself and decide to try something new and get back into it. i still have lots of embroidery threads.