A whole other thought. What about an older machine like vintage. I just bought a Singer 301(straight stitch only, machine only~ 16 lb) in cabinet for $50. It did need work but these machines are straight forward and DH does them himself. It seems nice both for quilting and piecing. I do think you might want a cabinet with it or drop it into a table if you plan to use it for quilting as it might move when quilting a larger quilt. Singer 201 you could probably quilt larger quilts on without it needing to be in a table.