Originally Posted by TeresaA

Thanks for the tip! I haven't used the purple tip needle, but I found that the machine wants the free motion foot lower than I'm accustomed to on my Pfaff 7550. Once I figured that out, I was good to go with my Glide polyester.

And I've been having a tremendous time with the machine. The speed control really helps keep me going slowly. I think it's going to be excellent for free motion embroidery too. I'm just thrilled.

I'm so happy that I committed to buying the knee lifter, which unfortunately doesn't come with the machine, even though it has the knee lifter "hole". Silly Janome.

I read the manual for my machine's more advanced cousin, the 6700, and I still feel like I got more bang for my buck. And it's dollars that I will save toward my ultimate goal of buying an industrial sew-er like the Juki DDL-9000C. That machine is a space commitment (huge), so I'm waiting to see if my free motion quilting desires expand to warrant it.