Hands down, the Brother 1500!!!!!!!!!!! My girl is almost 10 years old now....she has never skipped a stitch ( I clean her once a week ).....sews only forward and backwards.....no computer.....does fantastic FM without a frame, I've done up to a King size quilt....one of maybe 200 quilts over the past years. Other machines have come and gone but this girl has always been my ''go to'' machine. About 800.00 new but check out a re-furbished machine (trade in ) at your local store but then I never understood why people would trade in this workhorse!!!!!!!!!