I'm sooo excited... At last I've taken the plunge and treated myself to a new sewing machine. My 30 old trusty Janome is still quite functional but last time I had it serviced I was warned it was very 'fast' on its last legs and needed treating gently and with consideration. So that's what I've been doing and its clattering round the sewing room like a lawn mower sounding noisier and noisier every time I used it. I've done a load of research and talked to various suppliers and thought hard about what I want and what I actually need and ended up spending less then I thought I would so I think I'm a happy bunny. I was tempted to buy something fancy and a bit over the top which did everything including Disney embroidery, I played with a fancy model at the knitting and stitch show which was fun but in the end I saw sense and decided definitely against Disney - very off putting but also I don't really like stylised machine embroidery - and only...