I have the Janome 7700 and I absolutely love it!!!! I bought it for the sole purpose of doing free motion quilting since it has the 11 inch throat space. I would recommend buying blue bobin case for free motion quilting. It has made ALL the difference in my quilting!!! You can't go wrong with this machine but guess I'm a little biased as I have 3 other Janome machines! :lol: