My sister had a very nice, embroidery only Brother, with 5x7 and 4x4 hoops. She enjoyed it for a while, but eventually sold it. The other day she told me she'd rather have an embroidery/sewing machine, one that can do both. Although I use my Singer XL-400 mostly for embroidery, I do use it occasionally for stitches that my straight-stitch-only machines can't. It's the best of both worlds.