I love my Juki for piecing and machine quilting. I have a Brother 8500D for embroidery which I rarely do so I use it for the decorative stitches and machine applique. Very nice machine and I bought it used for very little to see if I liked embroidery. Turns out I don't like it that much so I'm glad I didn't buy a new one. I had it set up for embroidery for over a year and never found anything to I wanted to embroider other then test out the designs. Hooping is too tedious for me even on the new fancy ones my friends have.