Nab the lady she quilts with and have her go with you to any local shops that handle sewing machines. Perhaps they have a used machine that will provide all the features she thinks she needs. It is a mistake to think you have to have the latest and fanciest machine to make quilts, remember the old timers made fantastic quilts with treadles that only sewed forward and maybe did a backstitch. I am 80 years old and have sewn with many different kinds of machines and I now have a couple of fancy ones but I still love my little featherweight and it makes a wonderful tight stitch that is hard to beat. Look on e-bay. I bought a new Babylock, everything still in the plastic packets and packed in the original box for half what it was selling for at the Babylock web site. Take your time and really find out what she wants. It can be done without a great expenditure!