Fun thread since it was started so long ago. I still have the Singer 327 I bought for myself in about 1965. I made my first quilt on it. I have several Costco type brothers which work great. Even with FMQ. then I started collecting vintage machines and got them in working order. Including two featherweights I found on visits through thrift stores and flea markets. Then I got a Brother PQ 1500 and really love that machine. So much that I just got another one so I can work at my sons house while caring for him - at some point it will come
back home and I will have one set up for piecing and one for FM quilting. I afford any set up but don’t think it is the machine that will make me a master quilter. I am making progress and enjoy it and it is nice enough.