[QUOTE=jkwynn;5343156]I have this one (Brother cs6000i) and use it for FMQ with no problems. It gets great reviews on amazon if you want to read over them, and comes with all the right feet/attachments, too.
Not sure I'm doing this right but here goes! I'm glad to hear the positive things about this model! I have several vintage machines, esp a Necchi Supernova with cams, but none that do a blanket stitch for applique. So I got the Brother cs6000i last year. Tried it out to check the stitches but haven't gotten back to it yet. Seems like life keeps interfering with my sewing plans! Have big plans for some applique and my sample stitches look like it will do what I want. I read the review on Amazon and then got it at Walmart. As I remember it was about $160. It has some neat features that I like, as someone mentioned not having to use the foot pedal esp. Mine came with a walking foot and embroidery foot too. Used my Christmas gift card at Connecting Threads to get some strips to make a 1600 type child's quilt and put some applique on it. Good to hear it does well with FM quilting too!
I love Sindy R's site,
http://www.fatcatpatterns.com/ for applique, and Wendy Shepherd's Ivory Spring blog at
http://ivoryspring.wordpress.com/ . She does beautiful applique....on a Bernina, which I can't aspire to but she sure is inspirational....and has tutorials there too.
P.S. I tried to upload an avatar, clicked on Save chgs, got msg Upload failed. What happened? Thanks!
Polly