Congratulations, we need nurses and God bless you for it!!! My workhorse for making quilts is the Janome 6600. I have four machines and that is my 100% favorite and so reliable. It also has some built in embroidery stitches too. I love the automatic thread cutter. Mine is five years old and never had a problem with it. Oh, I like the built in walking foot too. And it sells for $1400.00 depending on where you live. There are lots of good machines to choose from, but this is my baby. C.