I would also recommend that you look at the Brother PC420. I love mine! Besides the great needle threader, knee lift (which is now a must have for me), speed control, etc etc, it also has a couple of different alphabets that are great for making labels for your quilts. I did splurge and buy the extension table to go on this machine. It comes with lots of feet, including a walking foot and a darning foot for fmq, but I did have to buy a 1/4 inch quilting foot.