I use to free motion on my Janome Memory Craft 3000. Then I kept bugging hubby for a machine with a larger bedding, letting him know, someday, if at all possible, I wanted a floor frame. Well, it finally happened over the last year & a half, somewhere in the time range anyway. First we got some unexpected refund money back from getting rid of our credit cards. So, I got a machine. It's a Viking Sapphire 830, then last year, he retired, & with some of his cash out money, he kept asking if I wanted something, so I mentioned a frame. Now, we live in a small house & I wanted a smaller size one. So, I was looking at the Little Gracie II, as I didn't want to spend alot either. It's wood, & looks good, but he did some looking & found their Mini Pinn Frame, same size, same price, but not wood, & he liked the looks of it much better! So, that is set up I have now. We set it up in crib size, due to a small extra bedroom, but, I don't do alot of big bed size quilts anyway, & if I want to, I can do them in sections, then sew them together. Which is what I did before I had a frame. And real small quilts, I still do FM on my Janome. My Viking has a 9in bed, & I got the clear table for it too, with the thought, if I never get to get a frame, I can still have more room to FM on this one! Love both my machines, & it's nice having the two now, & not have to move one back & forth to the frame, when I want to use it! You can shop around, like we did, & not spend alot on a frame setup too......