i absolutely love it for my labels. it's not my taste to have machine embroidered quilt blocks... although i tried it once for a quilt show challenge. it probably was not cost effective to buy it. however, when i was working, i bought lots of toys that simply brought me pleasure. i'm glad i have it on the sewing table for when i need it. but the cost of this 'toy' has not been justified. i did use it a couple of times to do the 'quilting' on some small wall-hangings... wouldn't work for large projects.