Originally Posted by
Cari-in-Oly
Depending on your budget and how much embroidery you really plan on doing, I'd suggest getting two machines. One for sewing/quilting and a separate stand alone embroidery machine. Machine embroidery is a whole different animal. You need embroidery thread, embroidery bobbin thread and stabilizers just as a beginning. If you use a combo machine there's much work involved with changing settings, adding the embroidery unit, changing the foot, etc. every time you want to switch between sewing and embroidering.
Cari
I use a combo brother and it is super easy to change settings, not much involved, don't even have to remove my unit. I love my combo. don't have room for 2 machines, also it ends up being more expensive. I to this day never understand the need for 2 machines