Originally Posted by aborning

I am starting a program at church in which I will have Seniors (in High School) make a "Trip around the World" quilt for themselves, with my help. My friend does this at her church. I am going to have to buy 3-4 sewing machines to have available for students to use, whose parent doesn't own a sewing machine to bring along to class. Has anyone bought the inexpensive (like $100) Janome Brother machines from Hancocks? These machines will not get used much so wondering if they would be good enough? I cannot afford to spend a lot of money.