I love the ease of threading. The many features of this machine are wonderful. Being able to create my own stitches with the "My Custom Stitch" feature as well as being able to combine the different classes of stitches to expand the stitch capabilities is a super plus while heirloom sewing and quilting.

The pattern stitches come out wonderful. You do need to read the manual and follow the instructions for 'perfect pattern sewing' by using a stabilizer geared to the type of fabric being used. I have found most imperfections or problems encountered are due to user error or lack of reading the manual and following recommendations.

The embroidery is also wonderful. I advise any new person starting out embroidering to learn as much as possible before judgeing your machine. There is a lot involved in embroidering properly but once learned it is very addicting indeed.

I love the fact that this machine has many many built-in designs as well as the usb to download them straight off the internet and into my machine.