I have an older Bernina and it works fine but I bought a Brother at Wal Mart for $135.00 on sale a few months ago and love it. It has many stitches but a person only uses the straight stitch for piecing and I do some zig zag once in awhile. I also do free motion and stitch in the ditch on my finished quilts. Our LQS quilters have very expensive machines but I can't afford one and like some quilters said, more money for fabric