My heartiest congratulations to you--we all are guilty of spending too much money for something that we "really must have", you'll get over the expense, and still enjoy your little baby sewing machine for years to come. FW is THE BEST for piecing (and any other straight stitch sewing) your quilts--even my GD, who doesn't really want to learn to sew will use my FW when I can get her to join me for some quilty sewing.