I'm glad I have a machine that does machine embroidery. Although I do not use that feature nearly enough to justify the expense, I've never been sorry that I bought it and all the threads, hoops, etc. to go with. Look in this newsletter in the pictures section at 'Baby Quilts'. Those are machine embroidered blocks and I think they are fabulous. Although I've done a few designs on shirts & I machine embroider my quilt labels, I mostly use the embroidery feature for making quilt blocks.