i have made several quilts for my gr daughters using the swirled minkie for backing and doing fmq w my janome 1500PQ ..no problems. i have also made the "fuzzy blankets" w minkies of different styles on front and flannel for backing, machine tacked at 4" intervals on my old necchi domestic machine. don't remember model number but i bought it mew in '82. i have had no problems working w minkie on my domestic machines.