A good quilting machine should give you plenty of space, excellent fabric control and beautifully consistent stitches. A larger throat space makes it easier to manoeuvre quilts, while features such as a walking foot or dual-feed system, adjustable presser-foot pressure and needle-down can make piecing and quilting much more enjoyable. If you want to try free-motion quilting, good speed control and the ability to lower the feed dogs are also important.

At K&B Sewing Machines, we service, repair and use sewing machines every day, so the machines we've selected below are models we genuinely believe offer the quality, reliability and features quilters will appreciate.