Tammi - yes, the Viking is my domestic. The Bailey is basically a Janome made into a longer machine - not really "stretched" as they made new longer parts, not cut and lengthened what was there to begin with. It's actually a rather slow machine as far as quilting machines go, but it works for me. I think it may have to do with going in all directions. I've done some FMQ on my domestic Viking, and it really had trouble going directly sideways to the right - not so much any other direction. I didn't have the Bailey back then, but I'm thinking had I switched to a larger needle, I may have not had near the problem with broken thread and skipped stitches. I ended up being careful to turn the quilt so I didn't go that direction. At least it was a lap quilt, so not that hard to do.