You can always do a small embroidery in a large hoop, but not the other way around. Each hoop (at least in this country) costs an extra $250 minimum, so I would be finding out how much the extra hoops cost for both machines and make your decision after that. I think you will buy an extra hoop after you get hooked on embroidery or the first time you want to embroider a name or phrase on an item.