You will love your embroidery only machine, I have a janome 300 which is a Old model now BUT I can still embroidery ad sew at the same time, vbg Why don't you go to the "Embroideery Library" and ask them what format you would use on your machine, they are SO helpful plus they have great design plus freebies. I bought Embird in 2006, along with two alphbet fonts, I fin this is all I need to go hand in hand with my patchwork
You can pm me if out would like at more help