Originally Posted by
ontheriver
The brother 1500 has a 9in throat, comes with all the feet (FMQ and walking, plus others). Costs under 700.00. But is only straight stitch machine. Does great piecing and quilting. Has thread cutter and needle down features, also knee lift and small extension table. Have mine on a frame for quilting right now, have used it on table and it does not move. But later you may decide you want some fancy stitches or just a zig zag for basic machine appliqué which this machine does not have.
I have hours and hours of sewing on my Brother 1500...LOVE it----I also have a high-end brother with all the fancy stitches....but my workhorse is the 1500...for piecing and quilting---it is the best---and the walking foot for this one is 4 times better than the one on my "fancy" machine.