Congrats and enjoy your new baby

Thanks everyone. Picked it up today. Have moved it out of the box and set up on sewing table. Confirmed that all parts came with it. Happy that I got the grey face panel versus the light blue one. I know that's anal retentive, but I don't like the special edition light blue one. Will be getting a thorough work out shortly as I start to make a One Block Wonder quilt.

Congratulations on your new machine. I'm sure you will enjoy it. Happy quilting. Love what you did to make your choice.

Congrats, I love mine. Have fun!

My Janome is a real workhorse. I have had several Janome machines and they have been great.

There was also the spreadsheet which detailed the 6 machines I was originally interested in. It took me 3 1/2 hours to compile the spreadsheet from the brochures I got from the dealers and then looking further on line when I was missing some information. :)

Excellent choice! free motion is absolutely the most stressful thing you can put a machine through. Free motion shows you how well your machine will handle tension in many situations and baby nobody handles it better than Janome. I have an 8900 and a S7 and absolutely love them. congratulations!