I have been quilting a little over 2 years now, and started out with a Singer machine from wal=Mart--as I hadn,t sewed since high school. Then DH got me a Janome for Christmas last year. Since then I have been given 6 singer machines--two of them are vintage and in cabinets, then there is my 237 and a 604--which my gd will get to start sewing with. another I don,t remember the brand name right now but sews good. She is 12 now and wants to learn how to quilt.--I,m running out of room to store them all.