My travel machine is my feather weight, hands down. When I go to retreats, not this year, I plan on piecing. I keep the quilting for my larger, heavier and better for quilting for home. Oh, I could straight line quilt with my FW, but I seldom do because of its small size, harp. I do have a smaller Viking that I used to haul around that would do everything, but as time passes and old bones, shoulders and knees speak louder to me, I leave even that one home and stick with the FW. I always get good accurate and consistent results with the FW. Why buy another machine? I use what I have at hand. Happy machine hunting, Dawn V!