Lovingly remind your wife it is the person doing the sewing and not the machine that make pretty quilts. Also ask her if she would rather have an expensive machine or fabric to sew on that machine. As others have said have her pick the features she likes best on the machine. She will probably find that most of the features/stitches on the machine she does not use.You can buy good used machihne on Craigs list or shops due to someone is upgradiing . We all have our "boo hoo " moments when we feel sorry for ourselves due to we can not aford what others have. I can one of those gals. Oh well- on with life!!!!!