I am a new LA owner. I bought an A-1 with 12' table. I'm busy practising. I bought a bunch of panto's, so I have lots of variety. I've always been pretty decent with free motion and I'd love to just do that until I'm better at control. There is a definite learning curve. I had 3 quilts to quilt and asked my LAer and she told me $300 for the quilt I wanted some special something done to it. She priced me right out of using her. That's when I decided I needed a LA. I won't be doing quilts for others, it's just for me.