I have a Bernina 180E my husband bought me in 1999. I can't count the number of quilt blocks I have embroidered.
I am very pleased with my Bernina, everyone remarks on how nice my embroidered quilts are.
I use a PES2Card to transfer designs from a CD to a design card. Currently I am stitching Laurel Burch Mythical Horses into quilt blocks, using the Turning Twenty- Around the block pattern by Tricia Cribbs.
Machine embroidery has given me/quilters so many wonderful designs to add to our quilts.