From what I am hearing from many of you, I think I need to watch my Leah Day FMQ course again and practice some everyday. I was doing this until "life" got in the way. As much as I love a machine with a "built in" SR, a mid-arm with that feature isn't in the budget right now.
I do want to try a HQ Sweet 16. The nearest dealer is a 2.5 hour drive so I'll have to set this up hopefully in the next week or 2.
"Kaylfrdsollimo", I have been looking at sites for used machines but haven't found one for sale in N.C. I would not want to buy one used unless I could try it out first. Did you try the H 16's SR? The Babylock SR is similar but my stitches were not consistent with it. My stitches were small if I happened to slow down some ... with the built-in SR that didn't happen.