Pfeff, Janome or something else? Help please!

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I've decided to buy a new sewing machine, but I think I might have done a bit too much research and am now doubting my possible choices so I would appreciate it if someone more expert could help.

I want a machine for quilting (smaller projects at first) and craft projects and minor clothes alterations. I've decided it's a long term investment so the budget is around £800.

I was considering the Janome MC 5900 QC or Pfeff ambition 1.5. Does anyone have experience with these or is there something else I should be considering? Thank you!

I'm a big fan of Janome and have two if their machines so I would probably go for that as I like to stick to what I know. I've heard good things about pfaff too though.

Another fan of Janome here.

I have the Pfaff ambition 1.0 and love it. The build quality is greats and it handles fabric beautifully. I previously had a janome and prefer this although my janome was lower spec than the ones you are looking at. It has IDT which means you can turn almost any foot into a walking foot so the machine grips top and bottom as it stitches. This is really useful in quilting or using hard to handle fabric. Have a look at Bernina and husquavana too. They make great machines in that price range too.

at TravelinColour!

Thanks for the inputs. I will go and investigate Bernina and Husquavana (however given my inability to remember that Pfaff is spelt Pfaff and not Pfeff I doubt my ability to look up Husquavana sewing machines without accidentally buying a pair of Havaiana flip flops en route).

Trying to look up Husquavana I have ended up on a website selling fancy lawn movers and machines for sawing instead of sewing.

husqvarna viking.

www.husqvarnaviking.com/

I spelt it wrong too. Sorry about the lawn mowers!

I'm in love. It's called Bernina 580 and costs £2500 and is way too good for my hobby sewing projects. But it looks so nice...

Came on to say what Travelincolour said! haha!

It's always nice to know the outcome on these types of thread. I got my new sewing machine a couple of weeks ago.

In the end I got a machine from Lidl for €70. It's a much more basic machine, but decided to spend much less and just see how much I actually use it before upgrading to a fancy machine.

I've looked in the Lidl Silvercrest machine's instruction manual and the company that makes the Lidl machines, Crown Technics GmbH is part of the Bernina group. So I sort of got a Bernina on the end!

Thanks for the advice and hopefully next year I will have justified getting an expensive machine.