I have a singer Quilter that does Zigzag if I want to use it. The price was $300 at joanns and it also does a nice job of straight stitching/piecing. I really have no complaints about it. I also have a Brothers 1500s which is straight stitch only and that is the machine I use all the time.($600 from Amazon) it also has a larger throat for machine quilting. All that said- It it almost impossible to get a machine with out all the fancy stitches. Most are stitches that you may nover use. I would sugest that you check Craig list to see if you can find a reasonable used machine. Many sewers want to upgrade and so sell their old machines. Check amazon for machine. They have free shipping and it is easy to return machine thru them and they pay the return shipping if you do not like it. I would keep your Kenmore for everyday sewing/quilting and get a cheaper model for moving needle and zigzag. I like my simple singer.