My DH is currently retired and I have been for a while so we are thinking we might like to leave Ontario for at least part of the winter and head south. I think I would plan to just take piecing projects and plan to do the quilting part when at home so the machine doesn't have to have alot of bells and whistles but I wouldn't want something that will give me grief either (there is not alot of room for me to blow off steam in a trailer if my machine is acting up, lol). I will look into the ones that have been suggested and see what I can find either local here or that can be shipped into Ontario. My old machine was a Kenmore from Sears, but it was not lightweight either and my daughter does use it some, so I don't want to take it away from her.