I would stick with your Kenmore for now and spend money on material and supplies to learn more about sewing, then you will know what your looking for in a machine, and in a year or two they will have more and be cheaper most likely. I have more machines than I have time to use, but it is like any collector, it is such fun to get another, different machine. I have the Brother SQ9000 I got on Amazon for $139. rebuilt and it sews great, needle up/down and fancy stitches. But learn to sew, what you really want to sew when you learn more and then you will have a better idea of what you really want. Embroidery is great, but thread, stablizer all costs and if money is a factor, learn to thread paint/free motion embroidery and see if you like that.