Mine was a brother XL-3010, I was 13 when I got it, didn't start using it till about 18, it was limited stitching, and I quickly outgrew it, and gave it away and got the brother XL-3500i, love it, it will be my daughters when she gets older, and i will get a nicer brother with more features maybe the XR-9000, that one seems nice. Love my babylock espire though. Hardly use the XL-3500i now except for classes