Kenmore, Janome and Brother have basically the same manufacturer so you can't go wrong. An older Singer would be a good bet too. The Brother CS6000i use to be available at Walmart, met a male quilter a couple weeks ago who had one and loved it so much he bought his daughter one for Christmas, so I recommended it to friend who wanted to get a machine for a daughter for Christmas, they run around $150. My spare machine is a Janome Gem.