bkay

I have several vintage Singers that I use regularly for piecing and quilting. So, I'm not really up to date on all the bells and whistles of newer machines and I really only want/need a straight stitch machine.

I recently joined a quilt guild, so am participating in Sit and Sew. I find that my Singer 301 is heavier than I want to deal with moving on a regular basis.

I think I want to purchase a low end Brother for piecing (only) at a Sit and Sew. They have several models under $300. Some seem to come with an extension table, which is a feature that I would like to have. However, some that are on the Brother website show the table, but it doesn't show on the retailer's site, so I guess I can eliminate those.

How do you tell if the extension table is removable for transport? It seems that Brother is mostly sold at large retailers, so there seems to be no one to ask. So how do I get the information?.

Lastly, does anyone have a specific Brother model to suggest?

bkay