I got a Janome for Christmas from my mom three years ago. It doesn't have a lot of fancy goodies, but I have made over 20 LARGE quilts and many smaller ones, I cart it to our quilting group meetings and to friends homes, the only problem I have had is that sometimes it likes to sew by itself--has something to do with the foot pedal. I LOVE the machine itself, it does what I need and I am quite happy with it.