I have a Juki TL 98Q and could not quilt without it. I do all piecing and FMQing on it. I would go for the more expensive Juki and buy a used or inexpensive new machine with the fancy stitches. I do use a lot of different stitches in my quilting so would hate to do without them, but the Juki is so great, and does such a good job (problem free) at FMQing.