Janome 350E is what I have and it is very user friendly and I bet you could find one used from a dealer with so many new machines coming out. I agree with the others nothing smaller than the 5x7 . I wish Janome would come out with an embroidery only with a larger embroidery field than 5x7 I would be a new machine owner. I am not interested in the sewing /embroidery combo or the big price of the newer machines with the bigger fields. But test drive a few machines before buying. Happy hunting!!!