I've had the same machine for about a year and half. I love it--it sews beautifully and I'm just learning FMQ on it, but so far, so good. I think you will really enjoy it! I have added many extra feet to my collection and just bought a new bobbin case so that I can experiment with various decorative threads in the bobbin and change the tensionas necessary, but keep my original bobbin on factory set tension for piecing. Enjoy!!