Wow..candace I never knew that the embroidery unite was built in, still I don't have the hoop for it, also that was a good idea to go on ebay and see what other 8000 sold for , will check that out too and notmorecraft and ndigenhart I never thought to check the foot pedal or cord, do you think that if one or the other was bad it would make the machine just go dead and while I was fmq? I will check that out for sure...auntv I'll call and check to see how much it would cost to have the machine checked out..
Ladies thank you so much for all of your advice..
as I said I have a husqvarna #1+ and a singer XL1000.which was given to me also, both machine do embroidery so I was never interested in trying to embroidery with the memory craft 8000..I sure will try some of the things you have suggested and see where it take me...Thanks a lot.. your guys are great..