I have a little battery operated machine that I used to take to work with me. It does a chain stitch. I made several quilt tops on that little machine. It was all plastic and was really small kind of like Singer Tiny Taylor. I bought it out of a junk mail catalog. I know I still have it but it is probably buried some place in my store room. But I had very good luck with it. Couldn't tell you what brand it was or anything tho.