You can get an excellent quilting machine for $700. Most machines are electronic, and what that means to you is that the stitches are preset to preform the best. You can over-ride this and adjust it for fabric choice, but it will probably reset when u turn the machine off. If you have a mechanical machine, and you move settings, you will have to guess where they should be and keep adjusting them. Please don't be scared off by electronic - the machines are very user friendly!