I had a similar setup for a few years before I bought my longarm. It works but you pretty much can only do free motion and the area is small you could do a nice meander or leaves and hearts but feathers would have to be small. The pantographs that fit have to be about 3 inches vertically. To do ruler work you would need a different foot for the sewing machine. I believe in 2003 or so I spent $1500 or so.