Sewing machine choices
Hello. I'm relatively experienced at sewing, pretty new to quilting. I have a very basic machine, Singer Scholastic. I bought it when i was mostly sewing clothes for grandkids, now I'm quilting. I'm in the market for a new machine. My wish list: I'd like a machine that is quiet and smooth. I watch videos of quilters and their machines are so much more quiet than mine.
I'd like to have needle down/up capability.
Is there such a thing as low bobbin thread indicator?
I do quilt on my machine, not sure how useful a computerized one would be since the biggest challenge on quilting with a domestic, basic machine is the bulk of the quilt, that isn't addressed by the machine being computerized, i still couldn't do anything but straight lines, right?
Any suggestions on agood machine? My budget is only about $500 or so.
Thanks, Kelly