I have less than 12 but more than 2. My Viking D1 is now my basic piecing machine, my new Brother I have at one end of the cutting table mainly for attaching long borders and binding onto the quilt (keeps the weight from hanging over), a Babylock embroidery machine (its a combo but I just keep it for embroidery), 2 sergers, one for just a 3thread and the other for everything else and then of course the quilt machine. So I guess that makes 6 machine.