So my wife and I have been perusing the threads for a while, and we have sort of settled around the Juki 1341 as the leading candidate for a medium duty handbag/tote/purse machine. She is going to start working with heavier cottons like denim, canvas/waxed canvas, and a couples layers of 6oz or less leather. The other candidate we are strongly considering is the Cobra Class 26 for a cylinder arm machine.  Probably the main reason the Juki leads is that we live very close to a great Juki dea