totally agree with Dunster. I bought my daughter a $90 Walmart Brother--few stitchs, can drop the feed dogs and we have Free Motion Quilted with it, can buy a walking foot if it doesn't come with it, does just fine and light weight enough that you can use it as your class/travel machine if you do that. then if you get addicted to quilting, you can later step up to a computerized that has needle up/down, speed control, etc features. (and a much bigger price tag!) Welcome to quilting!