Originally Posted by Gramof6
Aren't Brother & Janome made by the same people? I've heard that & my Dealer sells them both so I wondered. I have heard great things about both however certain models of the Brother are better than other models. Good Luck in your search.
No, but the Elna and Kenmore are outsourced by the same manufacturer as Janome, so all of these 3 tend to have almost identical models and features.