Thank you for your feedback. The Sweet 16 is an upgrade from the original Sixteen and it has only been on the market for less than 6 months. Since these machines ONLY free motion quilt, having no feed dogs, you can't do piecing, or even sew a straight line (as accurately as on a regular sewing machine). They don't have any built-in stitches, or bells & whistles. Why are they so expensive? I would think they would cost less than a good quality sewing machine since they only do one task!