sarge1

Here is my situation: my machine is the Husqvarna Viking Quilt Designer II. It's about 5 years old. Two potential issues with this machine: 1)The machine has been discontinued, so I can no longer get stitch cards etc for it. The stitch cards each have several decorative stitches on them, but once the computerized cards fail, you can no longer use any of the stitches on the card. 2) The machine has an attachment for embroidery. I embroider all of the baptism blankets for each new baby in our church; this is a weekly thing. It's kind of a hassle to change back and forth from embroidery to piecing, therefore I rarely get any piecing done.
OK, so now I am thinking about dedicating the Viking to embroidery and, when/if the need arises, decorative stitches. Which means I would get a new machine for piecing and quilting. I looked at several Janome models, and am thinking about the Skyline. It's cheaper-I don't need all the bells and whistles.
Does anyone have thoughts-positive or negative-about this machine? Particularly, is it a good machine for piecing?
Thanks in advance.