Old 09-02-2015, 09:06 AM
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QuiltnNan
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i got one... but i returned it. it's a fantastic sewing machine. but it is lacking in it's digitizing abilities. after the sale, my sales gal said "it does not do complicated designs". and if you scan something, you may spend a lot of time 'fixing' it on the screen... if your eyes and unsteady hands are as bad as mine, it is not easy to do so. I took the lessons, and even a private embroidery lesson. i still managed to ruin [fixable though] 3 quilts trying to quilt them on the machine, which was the main reason i got the Destiny... the largest hoop available. i had received a call from a corporate Babylock trainer who mentioned that she's working on a 14x14 hoop right now. imho, the large hoop does not hold the quilt as tightly as it should. even the stipple fill has little eyelashes. i suppose if i'd not had PE Design for years and am used to digitizing my own designs, this machine might have seemed awesome. be prepared for a long learning curve. i'm happy to go back to my old Brother Pacesetter from the 80's/90's... when comparing the stitch outs of the two machines, the older machine does a much better job. one annoying Destiny thing... it cuts the threads between parts of the design... seems good, right? but it often unthreads when starting the next part of the design. the tech could not fix that issue. there are a lot of very happy destiny owners... i'm just not one of them.
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