Originally Posted by Karamarie

I have the Janome Professional 6600 which has 9 inches of throat space and just love it. I got it in 2012 and quilt a lot, and do my own FMQ so it is a humming a lot. I have never had it to be serviced as I do my own cleaning. So I am very happy with it and the features it has - knee lift, scissor button, up down feature, stop/start feature which allows me to sew without using the foot feet and the other usual features. I always quilt my own quilts up to and including a king size. The only part I do not like is putting the top, batting and backing together. I still do pin basting - start in the middle and move outwards, sometimes laying out the quilt and repinning. I have started putting good quality, pill less fleece for a backing and then not using batting at all. It does up beautifully and is very soft. Good luck in your sewing machine shopping.