I own 2 large / heavy machines for at home...but for sewing days with my quilt groups, l have 2 to chose from...a Singer Featherweight l bought from a community fb selling site( reasonably priced and works beautifully for basic piecing...(the carry box was awefull, but it's too heavy anyway, l use a little rolling case). The other machine is a computorized little Singer 9050 with lots of fancy stitches, perfect for appliqué, piecing or doing fmq on small projects...got it as used for $100 on a sale site as well, and it's worked faithfully for 5 yr now. I took it to Fla. and back in the RV..