Have a Bernina 1530 bought in '97 to use to make clothing and now for quilting and I love it. In fact it slipped off a table at my LQS a couple of years ago and has kept on ticking without anything being done to it. I do have a couple of other machines but they are in case the Bernina goes to the shop and then I take my Singers FW to class etc as it is easier to carry around. I will be going on my first retreat with the Quilting Guild in April and will probably take the Bernina because of the great stitching and sturdyness of it. It is a great working machine for everything.