I think most of us have our favorite brand of machine so she needs to check out several brands. I have been debating on whether I should get into machine embroidery or not. I have been cautioned if and when I buy to remember, if you get 1 machine that does both sewing and embroidery, you can only do 1 thing at a time. If you have 2 machines, you can be sewing while your embroidery machine is working away. Something to think about while shopping.