I was on my way to put wreaths on family and friends' headstones one Memorial day and passed a garage sale where they were selling an old German sewing machine that did not work but had a beautiful sewing table so I stopped loaded it into the station wagon and proceeded to the cemetery. I put a tin over where the machine had been and put my new machine over the opening in the table.
Also, I have 5 machines but prefer hand quilting. Who can figure?