I will be purchasing a new machine in a few weeks. I had narrowed it down to a Janome 1600 and Brother 1500. Last week I went to both dealers to test drive them both. Well the Janome machine just seem to have to many tension problems and the Brother just worked like a dream. Also the Brother is about $300 cheaper. I can't wait. I teach school and we always get a paid setup day. I will getting that check in two weeks and I'm heading straight to the Brother dealer. Right now I do my FMQ on a Singer 15-91 and honestly I love it, but I want a machine with few more features like the needle down feature, threader, and cutter. I'm working on my first queen size quilt top--I can't wait to quilt it on my new machine!!