I have a long arm sewing machine, I checked out all the prices, Most of them are pretty pricey. I bought the Bailey's Home Quilter. It is all manual, except I bought the Sew Control stitch regulator after I had it for a few months. My biggest problem I had with it was remembering to put the pressure foot down, I finally got it in my head, and don't have problems with that now. It takes time and practice to get the motion of different designs. I don't feel like I'm that good at that but am determined to get good at it, and I think I can. It just takes time. I put mine in the garage, I live in Florida and don't have any basements If I had one, it would be a good place to have it, that is if you have a dry basement, I'm talking about all the problems with storms we've had lately.