I bought and returned a SE350-380 don't remember which one exactly, the one before the SE400. The reason I returned it is I didn't like the look of the stitches on straight stitch. I really like the embroidery, I thought it did a really good job at embroidery. It does only do a 4X4 design. I later bought a Janome 350 and think the Brother SE400 did a prettier embroidery stitchout. After using the Janome with 5X7 hoop I definitely wouldn't buy a machine that did less than the 5X7. So if I were buying again I would buy a Brother that did 5X7.