I bought the brother one with the Disney characters on it. It takes a card like a camera does, and I bought a PED machine, so I can design my own pictures on my computer in their software programme and then transfer it to the card, and then to my sewing machine which is great, but it is quite hard to draw well. I also bought a DVD from the auction site which has 1000s of designs for my machine on it, it must cover most things you can possibly imagine, including spiderman, disney, dogs, cats, just about everything, and I can transfer the designs I want to my card and use the designs on my machine too. Unfortunately since buying my machine, I have got into scrapbooking, and so dont use it as much as I used to, although I have used embroidery designs in my cards, especially at Christmas, and embroidered babys bibs and vests, flannels and towels and sold them on the auction site.. I also embroidered my mum a brilliant flannel and towel with Elvis on for Christmas last year.