mbunny, I have made 4 crazy quilts from old prom and after five dresses and used all the utility and fancy stitches on my Baby Lock Ellegante. The only thing I would caution you about is using the denser stitches on top or over the seam lines. The more open stitches work very good over the seams. Just be sure and have you seams as flat as possible. I used a lot of varigated threads, incorporated the beading and embroidery on the dresses into the quilt, and added lots of beads, crystals and buttons. I also used my machine to embroider names, birthdates, and deathdates to my crazy quilts.