If your gift certificate is for a certain shop, you might go there first & see what they have available & take some fabric pieces & try each one out. Then come home & google that machine & maybe find reviews. You can search on the forum here by putting things like "which machine to buy" or something similar. I would choose a machine that has the up/down needle option for sure.
Last edited by thimblebug6000; 12-29-2011 at 09:33 AM.