I was looking at machines the other day and the dealer told me that the Brother QC1000 is the same machine as the Laura Ashley Innov-is NX2000.... it just doesn't have Laura Ashley's name on it. They are both made by Brother.
I still haven't decide which machine to get between the Janome Horizon 7700 and the Brother QC1000 or none at all. The first one is twice as much $$$ as the second. It's not like I don't have three other machines already. But that Horizon is so pretty!