I have Janome's Marie Osmond Quilter's Companion (MQ200), and love love love it. When I bought it to replace my very old New Home machine, I was more into garment making than quilting. Then I added the Janome 1100 serger and Janome 200 embroidery machine to my studio. IF I won the lottery, I'd really like to add the 12000.
Features that I like on Marie: needle up-down (totally new concept to me 2 years ago when I got Marie that I'm SO hooked on now), the ability to close up that little hole on the throat plate to get really even top-stitching, and I like the fancier stitches for embellishment on some of my projects.
What I wish I had - larger throat area! More decorative stitches! Ability to sew over thicker fabrics or more layers of fabrics without hick-ups. Ability to embroider larger pieces on my embroidery machine! Auto threader on my serger! More money for fabric and machines! To be financially independent so that I didn't have to work and could sew all day long! LOL!
My Janome dealer/LQS owner has unleashed the stitchery monster within me!