Oh how sad your sewing machine had a fall!!!
But what a great opportunity to get yourself a new/different one with embroidery. I love mine and know many other gals who love theirs too. If you only want to do small embroidery and letters, I think that the Walmart sized machines are made for just that, altho I'd recommend checking at your local sewing machine shop. They will give you some classes (very important!!), honor the warranty, and likely take the poor old broken one in for a trade.