Good luck....I have also Brothers machine....They are very good and I am very happy with mine....(PQ1500,ce5000 and XR65..).... I eventually started my quilting experience on the XR65 that is a very cheap machine and I was so happy with the results that I decided to upgrade....On my wish list is some excellent embroidery machine (now I would rather wait and buy the best I can effort.....)
I know that Janome are ususally very good machine but when the gear was broken on mine we descovered that it was from a very cheap plastic and no way fo replace it....
.....All my best wishes on your new horse...