If you can drop the feeddogs on your Singer, you can machine quilt on it. You may be limited as to what size you can do on it, depending on the bed of the machine. I have 2 elnas, one is a Quilter's Dream which has a bigger bed than the typical machine. I love both of them. I bought the Dream used about 3 years ago and haven't had a bit of problem with it. I don't know how much you can afford, but I personally would stay away from the modern Singers, especially their "industrial" machines.