For years my quilts were tied and tacked, then I started doing them on my DSM using basting spray and hated every minute of it, started sending them out to a LA quilter and almost went into the poor house. The shop I did teaching in started selling HQ's, I tried it out and was hooked. So I test drove a bunch of different machines and ended up with my HQ16 and have not regretted it one bit. Love it, no more basting spray, backaches, fighting the bulk under my small machine so it has been a win, win for me.