Originally Posted by quiltin amma

I have some retirement savings that I can "claim" without penalty soon and my husband says that since I worked to save that money that I can buy a new machine. I've been looking on line and kinda like the Janome 11000 special. Does anyone have one who can give me a heads up on it--or any other advice about a machine? I had a Babylock for embroidery mainly, but it got fried by a power surge (thought I'd just whip up a quick baby gift and plugged it into a regular outlet) so--I don't know what to do. This will surely be my last machine so give me some free advice.