Have a brother SQ9000 I bought from Amazon .com for $139 over a year ago, and it has been a great little machine. Have other machines but I like the stitches (80) needle up and down and no need for foot peddle, has start stop on harp. If I did a lot of big heavey quilts, might be hard, but for a beginner or who wants to do small things great starter machine. Later when she decides what she wants and needs if a high end machine.