My children are creative people and love to have clothing that reflects their personality. Regular items from the store just do not cut it so we end up spending a lot of time sewing our own clothing and adding embroidery and other embellishments to make them works of wearable art. My old machine was starting to wear out and we decided that it was time to look for something with more functions. I spent my time looking at different machines and decided that the best one to get was the Janome 9500 because of the great reviews it had online. When it arrived I was so excited that I had to use it right away and I knew very soon that I had made the perfect choice. I absolutely love the way that the embroidery arm swings out easily to make the switch from sewing to embroidery a painless process.