Congratulations! You will love it. With the Crescendo you will also receive the quilting extension table. I believe it is an option on the Unity but not included.

Again, Congratulations!

Decided on the Crescendo
 

Thank you so much for all your input! The Crescendo will definitely be my new baby! (babylock, that is). I am not all that much into the embroidery, either, but deciding whether to trade in my old ellageo or not. Do y'all think there is enough of a discount when doing a trade in? My ellageo is the old antiquat4ed esg3 bought in 2002.................

Also, I'm wondering how long the Crescendo has been on the market? I am a bit afraid to buy it today, then tomorrow there is a bigger n better Crescendo that does "so much more".........etc......etc.

I believe the Crescendo, Unity and Spirit came out in the fall of 2012. A few years ago I purchased the Ellageo BLL and in about a year they came out with the Ellageo Plus. For around a $150 I was able to upgrade my machine to the same features as the plus and the upgrade included the quilting feet, etc included with the Plus. I was very happy.

I don't know about a decision to trade in your Ellageo. That is one of those really personal choices. It would still make some awesome labels for your quilts.

Perhaps I should keep the ellageo for those "just in case" moments. Can't wait to get my new baby Crescendo!!
~Skeetersmom

I would suggest asking your dealer about the discount for trade in... For me it was worth it because my symphony was under a year old and my dealer offered full purchase price. The crescendo came out fall of 2012 and I didn't read of any problems with it prior to buying mine and I haven't had any problems at all.

I would have traded in my 6 mo old Symphony, but could not even get half of what I had paid for it, so I bought my Crescendo from the dealer with the best price (nearly $400 difference at the time) and sold my Symphony on Craigslist.

Hi
I traded my almost two year old Symphony in on my Crescendo, and I love her! The lighting, the harp space, and the laser light I am impressed with! I have used the sensor pen and it is pretty amazing, too. The big walking foot deal is big, but it sure does work wonderfully! Heard it's awesome on Minky, haven't tried that yet. Ever play with the big decorative stitches on a sashing? I want to do that.
I also have an Elegante2 so embroider a lot, too.
I love my Babylocks!
Bev

I just finished a baby quilt and used the large wave stitch in the border. It turned out cute but was very difficult to keeps straight because of the sideways sewing you don't have a center reference point. Also crescendo makes a different noise while sewing sideways.

Another vote for the Crescendo. I've had mine almost a year and I love it! It will sew through anything and any thickness of quilt. It also loves my favorite thread from Connecting Threads--and the laser light I can't say how much time that has saved me. When I'm doing straight line quilting, I don't have to mark the quilt, just hold a small ruler about 8 inches away on the quilt and aim the laser for that. Works like a charm.

I was thinking it might be hard to keep straight, and yes, it's a strange noise!