Singer 301 is my first choice and another good choice would be Singer 15-91 or any Model 15 clone. The bobbin is vertical in all of them and that means an easier thread path for the machine. In fact, I was in a class and used a Janome 7700 for fmq and had a lot of trouble (I think it was just that machine since I did it on another and had no trouble.) When I couldn't get good results with the 7700 Horizon, I went to my Singer 301 and easily finished the piece, specialty thread and all.
Last edited by cricket_iscute; 05-20-2013 at 08:52 AM.