Hi Donna, I too have a 1500D and love it. I began with the smallest Brother from Walmart and when I made my first FSL piece I HAD to have the 1500 he he When I'm doing a multi piece bowl, I place all the pieces in the 6x10 hoop with my Embrid program and 'fix' all the colors together and make the jumps in the margins so that I can make a FSL bowl in one hooping! Good Luck Dolly