Originally Posted by Rose Marie
With the newer larger area machines can you quilt a block that has the batting and backing on. I mean can it quilt a quilt?
If so then it would be worth the price to be able to do a fancy design in each block and have it quilted at the same time.
Yes you can quilt a quilt with embroidery designs. Some tone on tone quilts with different designs (like a sampler quilt) are really pretty.
I started with the Brother Esante embroidery/sewing machine about 12 years ago, and loved it. I could never learn to digitize my own designs, but just embroidering bought or downloaded designs was easy. When I realized my machine would not stipple correctly, my DH told me it was time to upgrade. I had two friends that owned Berninas and raved over them. I bought the 730 and could not believe the flexibility in designing and how user friendly it is. I know technology has improved greatly in 12 years, but as the saying goes, "you get what you pay for".