Both of those machines have tons of nice built-in embroidery designs, URGodschild2. You just need to read in the embroidery section a little to get them to work. (You push one start button and then you can scroll through the designs with the arrows or push the number you want to do outright using the numbers on the buttons below the start button) Make sure you use the right sized hoop and a good quality fabric. The cut away stablizer works on most all of the type embroidery. So, you could start out buying that type to begin with. It is a bit of a pill to cut the designs away from it, but, you leave a small part of it outside the design.
You should also be able to use the same type cards that I was speaking about. You look on the embroidery module front end and there should be a slot there to insert them. Once the card is in the module, the designs will load and they will be seen in the window on the sewing machine. You use the up and down arrows to scroll through them all to be able to choose one. If yours has a touch screen, just touch it! It will load and then you just push the start button to begin with your first thread color.
There is editing capabillities as well, but, don't worry about that to begin with. Just hop in there and play with it!
There are embroidery classes at the bernina distributor in your area. So maybe you might consider taking one if you are intimadated by it all. I didn't, but, I haven't had any trouble learning from the embroidery booklet that you get with the machine and the on line print out book for the lessons. (free at bernina.com)
Have fun with it! It isn't gonna bite you! LOL!
I love your hand made blocks. They are adorable!
Last edited by RedGarnet222; 06-19-2012 at 01:27 PM.