Thank you everyone for comments on Juki v Janome, particularly the well balanced comparison by gshalom. Interested in lyric girl's thoughts on Janome bobbin winder. This is the one criticism I have had on the 7000. It has poor bobbin winding and have not even been able to get the bobbin to wind at all on my Janome 500e embroidery machine, although it is satisfactory in every other way. The Janome 7000 FMQ's really well, but as stated before the harp space is too small for easy quilting, as I usually make king sized quilts.
Regards
Polyxana