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Not for nothing, but can I point out that that having a long arm machine - even one at the lower end of the price range - or a mid arm or a fancy BSR attachment - won't make you an accomplished machine quilter.

Now, if you had money to burn and wanted one, might as well go for the largest and most expensive Gammill out there.

But since you don't, perhaps you should try out your skills on a regular domestic sewing machine to see what you can and can not do.

Practice, and more practice, and even more practice, is the only way you're ever going to become good at it.

The machine is almost irrelevant.

Some people are doing gorgeous work on 50 year old non-computerized machines where they have to manually cover the feed dogs.
And some of the most-UNinspired, boring work is being done by those with Gammill/Statler on 14 ft tables costing $30K.

Leah Day, one of the most well-known quilters on the internet - yeah, even longarmers have visited her blog - recently had a rant about the "need" and "push" to buy a long arm.

You might want to read it first:
http://freemotionquilting.blogspot.c...t-or-need.html

And here's her wonderful website with a TON of information on machine quilting - designs, tips, setups, thread, notions, etc. - and making it work at home with the barest of necessities - if that's all you have.
http://www.daystyledesigns.com/index.htm


Here's are another award winning quilters/authors with very helpful and informative blogs"
Diane Gaudynski http://dianegaudynski.blogspot.com/
Patsy Thompson http://www.patsythompsondesigns.com/blog/