Don't get suckered into buying one with thousands of different stitches, unless you are interested in doing appliques, all you need is a straight stitch and zig-zag stitch to start with as well as one that does automatic button holes, trust me it saves you a lot of head aches, in the long run. the other machine you might want to look at is an overlocker this gives you a more professional seam edge as opposed to a zig-zag stitch to finish of seam edges..

"Your born, You Live, You Die, given this premise, one can conclude since we have no control over when we are born and when we die, the only thing that matters to us should be how we live, simple really?" Mis-Cat to her philosophy Lecturer.