Originally Posted by MacThayer

Personally, I would never get a combination sewing/embroidery machine again. You want to sew, but then you have to stop and set the machine up all fancy, including adjusting the tension, and then take the time for the embroidery pattern to be sewn - and THEN take it all apart and set it back up for sewing, including adjusting the tension. The next one I get will be a straight sewing machine. Perhaps later I'll get a straight embroidery machine that I can set up and leave with all the adjustments done so it's ready to go. I'd certainly increase the amount of embroidery I do if I had a 'stand alone' set of machines.