I have a Janome 350e and a Janome 9500 - I love the 350e however if you can afford the large bed machines buy one of those because you will get a larger embroidery size from them. The 350e is a great machine and if you are inventive it is surprising what you can do with the smaller embroidery size. It does a 5x7 hoop and a 4x4 hoop.