I have a Janome and also an Elna. I love them both and they both are easy to sew with and do a nice job. The Elna is much more quiet than the Janome. Those are both embroidery/regular machines. If I am doing embroidery, then I also have a Brother and a Singer set up all the time. The Singer is always set up with dark thread and the Brother with light thread. Those I piece quilts with and do emergency clothes fixes. Often times I have 3 machines going at once.