You can make a quilt on just about any machine as long as it sews forward. I started 50 years ago on an OLD singer that only went forward. In 1965 I got a singer that did zigzag..wow! Decided to do embroidery in 2004 and bought a used Viking Designer 1. Now have two of them. If you really have to have a new machine (need is sometimes a mental thing) look for Viking Topaz models with the longer throat. They also do embroidery. Should be some good used ones out there by now. Shopping for one is half the fun.