Last year, I purchased a Bernina Aurora 430 with the BSR attachment and love it very much. I use it for everything including putting it on a machine quilt frame even though the throat space is a bit small. It replaced a Bernina 810 that I had for 29 years that finally gave up the ghost. Last week, I bought a 1947 Singer Featherweight 221 that was in pretty good shape and I can hardly wait to use it to piece quilt tops.