I have the Brother ULT 2001 and love it. Bought it in 2001 and still runs like a top. Never had a minutes trouble with it. I have mostly made quilt tops on it...just regular sewing. It has 4 different hoop sizes, the colored screen, can be edited, a lot of built in designs and a lot of cards came with it. A floppy disc can also be used in it as well as the expensive embroidery cards that you buy. I have enjoyed mine....don't do as much on it as I used to...got to involved with quilting (another money pit :)) As someone said, it is not an inexpensive hobby. But, I have always bought the threads and stabilizers with coupons and sales. Bought a few things at a time until I had a really good selection. Good luck.