Oh Lynnie, I am so sad at the passing of your DSM. I would suggest that you find a large quilt show in your area that attracts a lot of vendors. Then you can check each vendor and see what DSM fits your preferences. Especially on the last day of a show, the dealers are more than willing to make discounts since they don't want to have to pack up all their machines to take back to their shop. You can also check out resale and dealers stores for used older machines. So many inexpensive machine are just full of plastic parts. They just don't make them like they use to. Good Luck !!