Love, love, LOVE my Avante! The big bonuses for me, over the sit down machines are: I don't have to crawl around on the floor to baste my quilts. And I don't have to push and pull the whole weight of the quilt around. Even with the larger throat and big table, I can't imagine it's that easy to maneuver a queen or king size quilt through a sweet sixteen.
Be warned however - I bought it to do my own quilts. I now have a business
