I have a Viking 875 quilt sapphire. I bought it especially for the big throat, but now I am in love with the auto thread cut and knot feature when you begin and end a line of quilting. Stitches are straight, my only complaint is I think it is noisy and has more vibration than my Janome 10000, but it cost a lot more than the Viking. I haven't done any fmq yet. Search online to find Viking875 sapphire groups, it will give you a good idea on what to "drive" when you are doing a test drive. Good luck with your machine search, so sorry about the Futura, I loved my old Singer but a lightning storm took out it out of commission in 2001, I got it in 1980 and it performed perfectly for 21 years.