If you are going to quilt on your machine buy something like the BabyLock Jazz that has plenty of throat space. Don't let the dealer confuse you that you can quilt on any machine. Yes you can, obviously. I bought a Bernina 440QE to sew and quilt on. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE LOVE it. It sews like a dream. I did start my FM quilting experience on it with the BSR foot. The throat was just so small that I had to fight my quilt and found that anything past a baby quilt really made my shoulders sore. I can't afford to have my quilts go to a longarm and I really enjoy the quilting process so I bought a Viking Mega Quilter. It has not necessarily a long throat space but a tall space. It doesn't have anything like the BSR so I had to learn to FM on my own. I'm really good at it now. When shopping for your machine be sure to get something like the BabyLock Jazz that has some decorative stitches. My Viking only straight stitches like the Brother mentioned above. It would be nice if it had some decorative stitches. I use my Bernina for piecing and binding, and the Viking only for quilting. Have fun shopping!!