I used to sit down and quilt on my Janome 6500 and now use a long arm to quilt. I do feel there was a stiff learning curve to change. some things I really like about a long arm on a frame are that the basting is done on the frame, you can stand or sit down and it is easier to quilt. Some thing I do not like is that your quilting is more in a left and or right direction and it is somewhat limited.