I have a reasonably priced machine - a Brother 4000. It was what I could afford at the time my machine of 30 years died! I do love it though, has the needle down feature for quilting, low shank so that I can use all of the feet from my old machine, it is light in weight, has a built in handle for ease of moving it from it's case to the table. And I make items out of blue jeans - so it does some heavy duty sewing as well (with very few needles breaking!) It has 40 built in stitches - but there are 2 other versions out there with more built in stitches. But, I love mine, considering I really miss my old one.