I have a Bernina Artista 185 for sewing and assembling quilts. A bernina serger, a Bernina embroidery machine, a Brother embroidery machine, a featherweight a Bernina 220 with is lightweight and very portable and a treadle machine. I use the Artista daily, the serger and the Artista when I am making Linus quilts. I got the stand alone embroidery machine because it can be running and sewing while I am using the other machines. I got the second embroidery machine because it has a larger hoop size and all of the software for the Bernina embroidery machine also fits it along with it has a USB capacity that the Bernina machine doesn't have. I use the smaller, lighter 220 Bernina when I need to take the machine out of the room or my house. I purchased a mint condtion Featherweight at a yard sale for $20 several years ago. I only use it on occasion. I learned to sew on one as my mother owned one that she purchased in 1936. When she passed I let my neices have it since she had also taught them to sew with it and I had more than enough machines. The treadle is something else I got cheap and it mainly provides a place for my cat to nap under the window in the TV room.
I have a definate weight problem so I am not interested in clothes. I spend most of my spare time and money making Linus quilts and or bed quilts. I handquilt everything but the Linus quilts and also do some crocheting. If my only daughter every gets around to having a baby I will become a tiny clothing expert in a hurry.