I just got the Sapphire 870. I've been having tons of fun learning all the things I can do with it. I wanted the big throat for quilting. I was a little amused that it was a quilting machine, but then I had to pay MORE for quilting feet - walking foot, 1/4" edge guide, stitch-in-ditch, good spring darning foot for free motion quilting. I just made a dog bed out of recycled jeans. It sewed through 6 layers of denim when I did the corners.