I also recommend the Janome 6600! Smooth, lots of beautiful stitches, accu feed, it has it all. I had one and my friend had the new Pfaff Creative Sensation, which cost around 8K. We were making a quilted bag with lots of layers, zippers and batting. We had to leave the Pfaff because it kept breaking needles. We used the Janome and it sewed through those layers like a hot knife through butter! You can't go wrong with this machine!