Let me ask you this. Since money is not an issue,you already have the money for the entire price of the machine, why are you worried about buying? If you do buy this machine, will you constantly regret spending the money? I have known people who will buy an item and then never enjoy having it because they are regretting the purchase. I would say that you got your money's worth out of your Kenmore and then some. Since you sew a lot of garments, costumes,etc do you have a serger? If I were making garments, I would purchase a less expensive sewing machine and buy a serger, too. It will change your world when making garments. Also, you can make quilts with it and many people use their serger's to serger the quilt sandwich before binding so that everything is already sewn when the binding is applied. Just makes it easier to bind a quilt. If you don't have a serger, you might want to check them out.