I'm so sorry you lost your "baby". Darn it! When we get used to the bells and whistles it's hard to start over. I have a Pfaff that is about 10 years old and I always tell the dealer I will sew anything I can get under the foot (no joke!) so they know I don't want a pantywaist machine. Mine has served me well, but the last year has had to have a couple of repairs and it's getting expensive, so I'm kind of in the same delimma, do I buy another used one hoping that whoever had it didn't use it as much as I did, or just continue with my Babylock sewing/embroidery machine and learn all the new stuff. I hope whatever you do works well for you!