Watson, I know from previous posts you've had that you are interested in a long arm machine. When I was first looking I found a ton of helpful information on the LongArm University website--she's not really pushing a particular brand, but gives a lot of info on what to consider in choosing a machine, she also has listings for used machines which you might find helpful. Good luck--your quilts are so creative that I can understand why you want to start more complex quilting.

I own one of these machines. The quilt rolls into the 9-inch area. Really quickly you run out of quilting space. I bought mine for $1,000. I have mine on the frame, but I don't like it. I plan to discard the frame and use the machine, which is quite a workhorse, for walking foot and freemotion quilting.

[QUOTE=Watson;7793364]Can someone interpret this for me?

[COLOR=#333333][FONT=&]"2008 PFAFF grandquilter hobby 1200 quilting machine with a next generation 10 feet long by 32 inches wide quilting table. Quilting machine has a 19 inch base with a 9 inch throat. Perfect for Pantographs and Stippling on quilts."

http://www.nolting.com/usedmachines.php Nolting has been around for a long time and make their machines.

I got my Funquilter USED from this company and LOVE it as it was like new when I bought it. I traded up from a Voyager 17", that machine weighs a LOT compared to my lightweight Funquilter. Am a widow and did not want to deal with the weight of the Voyager if it needed to be shipped for any reason.

For less the $4,000 you can get a 16" WITH frame. The company has people that are a call away for any help needed.

For what it's worth, my 201-2 has an 11+ inch throat -- Of course, it's not mounted on a frame or anything like that, but It's a great sewing machine!

I have heard some negative things about using this machine as a long arm.

I had a similar setup for a few years before I bought my longarm. It works but you pretty much can only do free motion and the area is small you could do a nice meander or leaves and hearts but feathers would have to be small. The pantographs that fit have to be about 3 inches vertically. To do ruler work you would need a different foot for the sewing machine. I believe in 2003 or so I spent $1500 or so.

Jeanette, the 201-2 has a throat space of a little less than 8 inches, not eleven. The popularity of this machine would be through the roof if it was 11 inches!

Cari