Originally Posted by
toverly
Yes, to me, some machines are too computerized. After watching a demo of one of the new $20,000 machines out there, I wondered who wants it. It does everything for you. All you do is set the parameters and it finishes it itself. At least for embroidery. It had a quilting mode also where you could end up with absolutely perfect feathers or other complicated design. It seems to me that it does what digital photography does for photographs. Yes, it can be a great photo, but no one knows what is real and what is fake. So where is the challenge?
I think I know which $20,000 machine you're referring to. I watched a video about it. After watching the video my first thought was "you really don't know how to sew, just need to know how to use the machine"! At the price of that machine it should come with an instructor that you take home with you!