I love my Babylock Quilter's Choice Professional that is like the Juki Semi-Professional... only straight stitches ... knee lift ... cutter ... threader ... needle up/down ... drop feed dogs and many feet. I paid $950 in 2005. It has a 9" throat. You can slowly step it through one stitch at a time or run it at the high speed of a long arm machine. I've done a queen sized quilt on it, but now use it for smaller quilts and microstippling using a #70 needle and #100 silk thread...love, love, love it for this type of work. I have a Nolting mid-arm which is set into a table where I push the quilt under the needle which I now use for bigger quilts.
http://www.babylock.com/sewing/quilt...-professional/