my frame is a pennacle and the machine is a janome and it has 9 inch throat i think i would love to have the long arm but can't afford it but i was in a quilt shop close to the missouri line the man was quilting but he had a lasser on his machine and he was doing stippling on the quilt and following the design with the lasser i have some patterns with the machine but not reall that crazy for them thanks dorothy from tenn my quilt is a king size the blocks are 6 by 6 i am new at this and not really sure what i am doing thanks