I have had my Janome 8000 about 25 years and I still love it. Besides having it cleaned, I have \only had a couple of repairs done on it. Janome has recently come out with a new sewing machine for quilters, I may look into that. Mine does embroidery etc. but I would like one more for quilting. I don't know the price but I'm sure it isn't cheap, none of them are.