I was never interested in embroidery but I got a good deal on a used bernina 830 in a shop. I've had it just over a year and I'm trying to get enthused about embroidery. I just bought some very expensive software used last of my savings to get it and I'm determined not to waste my money. The upshot of it is if I hadn't of got the machine I wouldn't of missed the embroidery but because it came with it I feel I cent waste it! !! Still not sure what to do with the embroidery side it's a hard learning curve.