My brand of machine came with the embroidery unit and I love it. Actually I have been doing machine embroidery for over 15 years. I love to combine embroidery and quilting. Quilt labels also look wonderful when done on the embroidery machine and there's no chance that they would ever fade away, as might happen with a permanent marking pen. If you are really interested in learning machine embroidery, I don't think you would regret getting a machine with that capability.