I like to do my own quilting so I can say I did that quilt! So I have been anchoring the quilt with some SID and then meandering. As a result, I have had to have my Elna 6003 worked on and the timing fixed three times in about 10 months. As a result, I've decided to do only SID on my Elna using the walking foot. I think I'll look for an older machine on which the feed dogs will lower so I don't risk messing up my good machine any more. I think I'll look for an older machine that does straight stiches, will use a darning foot and is not computerized. This is my plan now. Who knows what I'll do a month or two down the road? I ordered the pattern for the home-built quilting table. Now I just need to get DH to built it and to convince him I need a mid or long arm machine. I'll sleep on these ideas a few nights and then see what happens.