Best machine for sewing AND quilting

Hi Hayley

I love my Janome 6700p great for making garments and quilts

Hi Hayley, my Bernina 570 is perfect for both.

Hi, I do both sewing clothes and quilting and there are some decisions you need to make first.

1. Budget, how much do you want to spend?
2. What size quilts do you want to quilt on a domestic machine? The throat space of a machine determines the size of folded quilt you can push through. So if smaller quilts are your thing a smaller throat space may work.

3. Stitches, what sort do you want to try, Do you want to embroider?
4. Weight and portability, do you want to take it to classes? 

It is so easy to be over, or under sold a machine , so going to a good dealer and try them out, or attend a show and you may get a deal.

Its a mistake to get a very basic machine, you do need one you can grow into.

i have owned both Janome and Bernina and love them both, but it is perfectly reasonable to buy a cheaper machine that does what you want. 

At the moment I have a Bernina 770QE plus and I use it for everything. But it is very considered purchase and in fact a very big birthday present to me.

Hi, i do both and I have a Janome CXL301, i find it works well, i simply roll up my fabric when quilting x