thanks to all for your wonderful advice.i will be checking out those machines! :)
i have been quilting since 1972 with the old singer.my daughter will take it home with her to do mending on when i finally find the one i want.
i usually have one quilt i am piecing and one on the frame at any given time.currently i am in chemo for return of breat cancer from 5 yrs ago.all will be well-but my summer and fall will be taken up by that/so,now i have two quilts in the making,two throws that are waiting to be made and my own quilt which needs to go on the frame.hope to do that this weekend.......marty