I will be reviewing here the Husqvarna Designer SE Limited Edition embroidery machine. This is a combination embroidery and sewing machine and is the latest in a large range of machines from the Swedish company Husqvarna.

The touch screen is possibly the largest screen around. You get an amazing 3D picture of your chosen design so that you can see exactly what you are going to get before you sew even a single stitch.

Everything you choose can be viewed first, this is such a boon, you won't make mistakes that are time consuming to rectify, you will be able to get it right the first time.

The presser feet are sensitized so that they can recognize different thicknesses of fabric and adjust themselves accordingly and the machine adjusts pressure too. You then have both hands free to guide your fabric. If you are sewing something large like a quilt this is really important to be able to support and guide with both hands.

You don't have to have little trials when you are using different material. Simply instruct the machine as to what type of material, what thickness and the type of sewing technique you want to use and the machine will do the rest. Setting everything just right for this particular project. So again, no mistakes.

You can save designs or transport them using the 32mb USB embroidery stick. You also have the choice of storing them straight onto a CD or floppy drive [if you have bought these options].

This limited edition is the happy result of collaboration between the engineers at the Swedish company Husqvarna Viking and dedicated skilled sewers worldwide.

The lighting system to illuminate your working area provides the optimum light required.

The Designer SE has an increased embroidery speed which is very good news indeed for anyone who does this kind of work as a business also you can find out how long each color will take to embroider.

I have seen reviews by several disgruntled owners of the Husqvarna embroidery machine, the Designer SE Limited Edition and I am sorry to say they regretted changing or upgrading from the model they had. On the other end of the scale everyone else is over the moon with the quality of performance.

This gives one pause for thought about why there is this discrepancy between different owners views. Have they all just got lemons, and if so why were their problems not sorted by the company?

In some instances the dealers who supplied the 'bad' machines were less than helpful and I can't help but think that Husqvarna should be more careful about the people who sell their machines. Their unhelpful responses must reflect badly on the manufacturer.