Between Pfaff and Jenome, you get a very sweet machine from $150 to $400 and they both have a beautiful handling, threading, etc. And IMO, the less that can go real, is prize. Moving from $100 to above $150 will also give her those extra fancy stitches that can something that's she doing very much more personal. I do agree on the used older machine's but the problem that I had with these was the fact they were a bit heavy when taking back and forth to classes. But I am very sure that your eye will catch on to something and you will know what's right.