About 2 years ago I was searching for a new machine for piecing quilts. DH was with me, he would always go to the embroidery machines. When I finally decided on a quilt machine, he decided I needed an embroidery machine. Long story short, I bought a Janome 11000se. I just love it. 1st year I just embroidered on it. This year I am combining quilting and embroidery on it.