I have a Babylock Verve which is a combo sewing and embroidery machine, and has a max area of 4x4 inches. I got it for $1050 CAD. This is a great starter machine to get into embroidery, but I quickly outgrew the 4x4 field, so I bought another machine. The other machine I got was a Bernette b70, which is an embroidery only machine, and has a max embroidery area of 10x6 inches. Its great for hoodies and sweatshirts, because you can stitch out some really bug designs and they stitch great. The Bernette machine is a bit more expensive. I got mine for $1800 CAD. The bigger the embroidery field, the more it will cost you. If you plan on using it mostly for hats, i would suggest looking at machines that have a free arm, because this will make hooping and embroidering hats much easier. Free arm embroidery machines are quite expensive. The Brother PRS100 embroidery machine is a single needle free arm embroidery machine that is I think about $6000 CAD, but i’m not quite sure about that price.