Before you listen to the "you are going to love its" go to a store and use one. They usually let you try it. I was told I would "love" and embroidery machine and was talked into an expensive one. I didn't "love it" and ended up selling it and getting only 1/2 of my money out of it. I held a resentment for that quite a while. I hate to be the negative one but after having been talked into a couple of things that I ended up not enjoying at all (and being made fun of when I sold them) just make sure you try it enough that you are comfortable spending that kind of money.