I bought this for Christmas for myself. I haven't been on it much as I was having trouble figuring out how to thread the darn thing and got frustrated and haven't been back on it. From the time I was in 3rd grade (73 now), all I ever owned was a Singer. About 5 years ago and friend gave me a White machine and it threads like this singer and I hated it. So I plan on getting back to it this coming week and try and figure it out.