Originally Posted by Irish Heart
Thanks for all your replies! What machine with a decent sized throat, not necessarily a Janome, would be your machine choice a step down in price? I have a Pfaff 2038 Expression--it's a great piecer but so small throat-wise that anything larger than 50", for FMQ, is very frustrating. Thanks!
The Elna 7300 has a 9 inch throat size and it's about $1500. I was told that Janome bought out Elna. Elna was originally a Swiss machine.