Juki TL98Q feedback wanted

Now everyone knows I am a die hard Bernina girl, and in fact it was Bernina adding dual feed to their 8 Series machines which started all this!  I adore my Bernina 830, it’s the best thing ever and I sew on mine so much I’m afraid I’m going to wear it out!

There’s a whole lot of features on this machine that I have come to love, but mostly, it’s the dual feed that has me mesmerized.  I just can’t function without it anymore.

But I want a separate machine for my business.  It absolutely must have dual feed!  There are other features I’d like, but that’s the biggie.  A knee lift, needle up/down, thread cutter would be nice… and I want it under $1000.

The Juki TL98Q is the only machine I’ve found so far that seems to fit the bill.  So I would love some feedback on this.  I will mainly be using it to piece quilts and sew on binding.

Will it even come close to sewing like my Berninas?  How good is the dual feed system on it?  Or should I just put a walking foot on my Bernina 630 and figure out a way to get a good quarter inch seam that way?

Update on Thursday, March 18, 2010 at 8:16AM by Created by CJ

Thank you everyone for your emails about the Juki.  It sounds like a terrific machine, but it seems it does NOT have dual feed, I guess I misread the description on it.

That’s non negotiable for me, I never thought it was a big deal until I got my 830, but in my opinion it’s the single most important feature on the machine, and I won’t ever buy another sewing machine without dual feed, I LOVE it!