I'm so impressed with this quilt. I did not realize that you designed it until someone pointed it out to me. So that being said I now realized it was not a kit that you bought but your own original design & fabrics. I have found out over the years that it's not the sewing machine that makes a great quilter....it's the quilter themselves. A person can have a $10,000 machine but if you don't have that special quality/talent within yourself an expensive machine is not going to make you a phenomenal quilter. The little beast you are using seems to be meeting your needs.