I have had my 350e since they came out. I use it all the time and am very happy with the embroidery it produces. I have used it for everything from quilt labels, baby items, but my favorite is appliqué blocks for quilts. There are a lot of great sites to purchase designs at reasonable prices. When my husband purchased the machine, the didn't tell him I would need computer software to transfer the designs to the machine. After purchasing several different software programs, I found one I am really happy with and that is simple to use and not made for a specific brand of machine. I love my machine and have not even considered trading up. I like that it is an embroidery only machine.