I have a Handiquilter Avante. I love it - so far. There are tons of resources out there on their site and my dealer is awesome? So, I really have no exuse for learning. It's the procrastinator in me that rears his ugly head. I am fixin' to jump into pebbles and swirls. I just love them and have an "ugly" quilt I'm going to use as my practice. I'll let you kow how it turns out.