Oh I forgot....you also need the 3D embroidery system to make the designs compatible with your machine. You need to upload a design to the 3D then send it to the floppy. So you would need to have a computer to do this. Personally I would not consider this machine without a USB stick. However, go to the Yahoo Groups D1 Embroidery/Sewing machine and see what they have to say. The people on here are very good. I'm not sure about the floppy anymore, but they will know.