Originally Posted by
RavenBlack
Interesting. I was just thinking about what I would replace my Brother with. I'm very impressed with what others have to say about the Brother PQ1500 SL. It has needle down and lots of extra space for quilting. (Well, more than my Brother). Some owners say they have had theirs for years and still love them. Will do more research and think it over.
Being able to service a machine yourself really does count in times like these.
Yes, I love my Brother 1500!! I've had it for about 10 years, it's a workhorse. I would buy another one in a heartbeat. In addition to needle down, it also has an auto threader and a thread cutter. There's a FB group, the files have helpful things like both owner's manual and service manual.