OMG you guys are a riot!!! I am TRYING to drink my coffee here while I read your remarks (God my keyboard hates it when I spit coffee on it)LOL I bought my Baby Lock before I even knew Eleanor promoted it (she can throw her bits on my floor anyday if I could pick her brains) Now I see Nancy (on sewing with Nancy) also uses only Baby Lock. I look at that this way - God love them, they're using MY machine!!! LOL Atlantic Fabrics has some of Marie's quilt kits, so I did know she sews. Anyway, I love my Baby Lock simply because I love it and I can trade up, which I've done 3 times now, to the point where I'm able to own a $10,000.00 machine. Good God, who knew!!! It lets someone like me, who could never afford to fork out all that money at once, gradually trade up. Endorcements or not.