My Grandma bought this sewing machine just months before she died. She always gave to everyone and while she was living with me I wanted her to have a nice sewing machine. She was an avid quilter even at the age of 87. Getting down on the floor and piecing together her crazy quilts. She was like a little girl at Christmas time when we bought this one. She was so impressed by how easy it was to use and loved it very much. Now I have it and I am using it. I am so thankful that we were able to get her one and she could enjoy sewing again with a machine that was not constantly giving her problems. She really loved the extender to sew on for the quilts. What fond memories I have in a short time with this machine. I will pass it down to my girls who were always by her side and she taught them to sew just like she taught me. Now they will have this machine when they are older and can say I saw my Great Grandma sew quilts on this machine.