Thank you for your suggestions so far. I have thought of Wal-Mart and looking into a Brother machine. Will do that real soon. Calling some quilt shops in my area and asking about a reconditioned good machine is a fantastic idea! There is a quilt shop in town that sells alot of sewing machines, mainly Bernina and Pfaff. (My personal machine is a Pfaff). The lady who owns the shop, her husband is the one that works on sewing machines too. I also checked out the website, Lin, about the negative comments. That has helped also.
Vanessa