yes, bernina's are wonderful when they are working well. I had artista 630 with the narrow feed dogs that I loved and used for several years then traded her in for a mew 570 which I find doesn't stitch a straight seam nearly as well as my 630 did. I blame it on the wider feed dogs. I wish I had kept the old Bernina for piecing, but I was trying to downsize as I had 9 machines. I am now down to 5 machines, a serger, and a longarm.