[QUOTE=oklahomamom2;7198538]So I have been looking on online for good sewing machines for me to piece on that way if I need to get my other sewing machine cleaned I can have a back up.
Singer 301 slant, my favorite over all the other one's I've sewn with, and it comes with a handle. With the narrow feed dogs you can sew tiny pieces without having them bunch up or being "eaten", and the straight stitch is perfect. I have not tried it for FMQ, just piecing, mending, and sewing tiny gowns for foreign mission work. It's so much easier to sew close to the edge with this machine. I have a house overflowing with sewing machines, some fairly new, but most vintage, and still go to the 301.
If you want a machine right now, I'd go to WalMart and get the mid to high end Brother, don't touch the cheapest one. A friend has had several of the WalMart Brothers and she is hard on machines, yet they keep on producing. Her only reason for buying new ones is that she goes back and forth between states and will leave one with a relative.