I would recommend the Brother pc420. I have the older model before it became a 420 Project Runway Model. It's excellent, has auto thread cutter, great applique stitches, auto needle threader, speed control and knee lift. Mine cost $250 brand new on Ebay. The PRW model is under $400. It's easy to set the default to be center instead of far left. Also needle up/down. Every feature on my must have list is on this machine. It's not a big machine and easy to move around.
I have a Brother 1500
A Bernina
A Janome
Singer FW and Singer Quantum and 301.
So my review of the Brother PC420 is not based on having this one machine.
Last edited by Onebyone; 12-10-2016 at 04:43 PM.