Originally Posted by CoyoteQuilts
As you roll your quilt up into the throat of the machine you loose quilting area. The shorter the throat the shorter the quilting area you are able to do on each pass. You can see the difference in these 2 pictures. As you roll the finished part of the quilt up you loose space. There are a lot of people that do great quilting on the smaller machines.
WOW! Now I see the difference. That's a huge difference. I would be excited over either since I've never had one but have tops sitting here not quilted because I have yet to learn to free motion on my regular machine. I was waiting to take a class but have no idea when the class will take place. So, my tops are sitting here. I can send them off here locally for a small fee but really wanted to totally finish them myself. I can get a full/queen quilted for about $50 here. I didn't think that was to terribly bad but if you have a few that can add up.