My wonderful husband got me a Brother CS6000i for Christmas. Not an expensive machine, but the first new one I've had in over 20 years. I absolutely love it!! It does everything I need it to do, and there are still a lot of things on it I haven't tried. Including the walking foot I've heard y'all talk about so much! The last one was a Brother I bought on sale for $89 when my oldest was a baby, and it just gave up the ghost a few months ago. It made a lot of things over all those years without giving me a bit of trouble. I think it earned its R.I.P. :)