I have two embroidery machines, a Viking desinger 1 and a Brother innovis4500 I love them both and I bought both of my machines on ebay.My Viking only had 39 hours on it and I gave $2200.00 for it. I bought the Brother for $3300.00 and it is a wonderful machine,self threading, and has so many fancy stitches built in. I've had my viking for about 5 years and my Brother for 2. I use them all the time. In Fact the Quilt featured on the left is one I embroidered the blocks for. I am 78 years young and all I can say is treat yourself to the machine you want and then use it like it was going to be the last chance you would have at doing what you want to do.