I have a brother innovis 1250 which is a combo sewing and embroidery machine, it works great and I have been back to the dealer a couple of times with questions, and the back up on Brother on line is also VERY helpful. I use an old Singer 201 for piecing and quilting which is what I use my Gauge presser foot on, but my brother feet and the Singer ones are mostly interchangeable except that my Singer 201 is not a zig zag. I grew up sewing on a 201 and in my book, there is no more powerful machine until you go to industrial.