I think there are a lot more questions to be answered than just buying a LA. Why won't your LA quilter do custom work? I know there are many right here on this board who will do custom quilting and can work around your embroidery. I think you need to go to a quilt show and give a LA a try and see if it really something that you want invest your $$$ in. Lots of quilters buy them without having any idea of what is involved, then end up selling them. And I certainly wouldn't spend 15k for a top of the line setup to just quilt 2 or 3 quilts a year. Lots of questions to get answers for before you can start thinking about which one to buy. JMHO :lol: