Schill93

I just got my toes wet with free mothion quilting. Currently I am sewing on a very capable Babylock machine for piecing, but the 6 1/2" harp really has me strugling with the bulk. I know about table space, and that's a different issue. It's just I don't have enough room to move around for design.

I don't want to spend a lot of money on a machine as I'm no spring chicken (78) and don't have such a long life span ahead of me. The other thing that bothers me about the smaller machines is it is hard to see the quilt behind the body of the machine. So I thought the higher harp machines like the Juki 2010Q might help a little with that issue. But the width is only 8 1/2" I believe.

I have read just about every post on here about machines I think, but every time I look at one that someone talks about on here that has say a 11" harp width (whlich would be nice) it doesn't have the height that I like, and cost a whole lot more.

Is there such a thing as 11" harp width machine that has a 6" height as well, that doesn't cost an arm and a leg? I really don't want to have to spend more than $2,000 for another machine.