Singer has really great support even for their very old machines. I had a friend of the family offer to trade me her 10-year old Viking for my 40-year old Singer Genie. More functions means more things that can break and hers was just costing her too much money. Not sure what she ever did with that, but I'm happy I've kept my machine. Metal parts & a good straight stitch will carry you a long ways in the quilting world. Sure, there are days where I wish I could do embroidery or one of those fancy stitches that thread artists are always showing off at quilt shows, but most days I'm happy FMQ'ing away on my old little machine. It's super portable, does what I need it to do & I have yet to have an issue finding good parts or service for it.
