Quilting Machines
 

Don't have one, but alot of people use this machine to quilt their quilts here on the board, and love them. I have purchased from allbrands alot, very nice company to deal with. I has a 9 inch harp so you should be able to do a queen sized with no problem. Some people use them on frames as well like a shortarm

I too have been looking at this machine. I'd like to get it to put it onto a frame. The one feature it doesn't have (or at least I couldn't find it listed in the specs) is the needle up/down feature. I really want a machine that can stop with the needle down for quilting.

i quilted a king with my 9" Juki, so it can be done.

I bought my Brother from AllBrands.com and 3 mos after the warranty was up started FMQ on it. The feed dogs wouldn't re-engage. AllBrands walked me through several things then sent me to a place near me where they already knew all about the machine & my problem & told us they were under orders from the head office of Brother to call them when it was apart. They honored that part of the fix! I love AllBrands & their customer service is top notch!!

You might try sewvacdirect ,they have free shipping.

I have the Baby Lock Jane which the shop told me is a Brother 1500. It is set up on a frame so can only quilt a small area at a time. It is very limiting. No quilting designs inside large blocks as you only have about 4 in to quilt at a time.
It has a very involved threading sequence but it does have needle down.
So far have not done much on it but what I have done is a mess, this takes a lot of practice. I will only do meandering with it for a while. I bought a 4 inch ruler and will mark my quilt across with a 4 in area so I dont run out of room.
I wish it was easier to thread and the bobbin is a real hassle and runs out of thread quickly, maybe 2 rows on a lap size quilt. I did get a stitch regulator for it and love it but it was expensive, $500.

I have the Brother PQ 1500s on a Gracie II frame. It is more of a challenge on the frame but using it off the frame it is real smooth. On the frame it is more sensitive, and a bit of adjusting may be needed, such as, tention and quilt height. Once the adjustments are good, it is smooth. I only have a 4" - 5 1/2" work area, so there is a lot of rolling. When FMQ on the table there is a bigger playing field. I decided on the Brother because of the local dealer for future service. - I bought mine new at a sewing expo from a local vender. Got the show price. I think, $600. Then 9 months later I found one on Craig's list with a frame for my sister and she got the pair for $400. If I have the oppertunity to get another one used, I will concider it. One for the frame and one for the table.

I am interested in buying another machine also. I've been looking at the janome 6600 or the Ellna excellence (price $1400 for either). Now I understand that both these machines are the same , and made by the same people. I haven't researched the brothers PQ 1500 machine, but I will. And I'm going to look on Ebay.
Quilters, should I just consider waiting until I can buy a long arm? I priced a Tin Lizzie 18 sitdown for $3995. This is way out of my range at this time, and I don't understand quilting on a long arm well enough to spend this amount of money.
I would need to practice much much more. Presently I'm great quilting in the ditch and any type of lines,such as diagonals.

I recently bought a used 6600 and love it. The throat space is large enough to fmq a king sized quilt, am currently working on one 98x96 and almost done! Lots of room for quilting and basic sewing. Lots of deco stitches and even a basic alphabet for simple wording. I don't regret buying it at all.