I walked by a quilt shop and saw a quilt that I thought was perfect for 2 of my granddaughters and went in the shop. I did not own a machine and the quilt was machine embroidered on top of that. So I looked at the Bernina embroidery machines that they sold, bought a machine, the sports kids design that was out of print and they had to find for me. Since the quilt was designed by the shop owner and there was no pattern, her husband took pictures of all of the blocks. As soon as my machine and the embroidery disk arrived I went home and made my first quilt. Hard, YES but so worth it. Have been quilting ever since.