Sewing Machine recommendations?

[wsmoak]

Here's what I would buy: Singer makes a Heavy Duty machine that in my mind, is not that heavy duty, but it does sew well. I bought one to use for things that I would never sew on my expensive machines. I paid $150 for it, model number 4411. It sews nicely, and doesn't break your pocketbook. It's not the quietest, but all inexpensive machines are louder than than they should be. The difference is like driving a garden tractor compared to an Audi. That's my two cents.

Thanks! That looks like just what I'm looking for. I want to sew straight lines for curtains and maybe make the dogs a bed out of corduroy. I do not *need* 60+ fancy stitches and a computerized panel.

-Wendy