Not trying to hijack, Darlene's thread. Just wanted to let her know that if she desires to make her own digitized files, then the Futura is probably not a good choice. I do love my machine for embroidering purchased designs.
The Futura reads many different file extensions, for Brother-Bernina-Babylock, Husqvarna Viking, Janome, Pfaff, Tajima, etc.
I've looked at Embird. Would love to have it...but that old disease lackamoney prevents it. ::sigh:: Maybe one day.