I am still using my designer I. The machine itself will sew thru anything. Hem jeans etc. The only downside is it takes a floppy disk to get designs downloaded from the internet into your machine. You will have to get a usb external floppy drive for your PC, and then you cannot just drag & drop or copy & paste your designs to the floppy. The floppy has to be formatted in a specific way for the Designer I to be able to read it. You need software, either from Viking (Organizer) or Embird. Check with the seller to see if that software comes with it. Even if you never use the embroidery module, $200 is a great price for the machine. They appear to be going for 700 - 1000 on ebay.