I had this thought in mind last year when I went into a sewing machine store and asked for Quiet, Zig Zag, and Light--bought a Janome Sewist, and used it one time, then set it aside because I am so enamored with the work of my old Singers (FW, and 201, used almost daily); then last month decided I would give my Janome a "fair try" and attempted to do some piecing with it. Never again. It was so noisy that it gave me a headache. I figure because I have left it sitting for all these lonely months. It will be given to a grand kid for a birthday or Christmas soon--maybe a little too expensive for such ($350); but I won't be using it again, so I might as well. Beautiful stitches, nice wide zig zag if I wanted it, easily figured out 1/4" seam, no eating the beginning and ending pieces; just sayin'......