I have 3 Brother machines and I love them .. one is an embroidery machine and all 3 are worth their weight in gold as far as I am concerned. I had a kenmore that gave out 6 years ago that was 25 years old, and that is when I started buying Brother machines. I have the original one from 6 years ago that I use for sewing heavy garments and then I have my electronic one I bought 4 years ago, that I use for sewing and quilting and then my Embroidery machine that I received at Christmas last year!
I loved my Kenmore as it made more clothes and quilts than I can remember ! I looked for another like it (paid 99.00 for it and that was expensive back then and it was on sale!)
but they don't make that style anymore I was told. So that is when I went to a sewing machine store and they told me to buy a good brand:Brother, Janome, White, Pfaff. So I did !LOL