I had only started saying I wanted one last year but because I thought it was more for show (I do have 2 machines already) I didn't want to spend much. He has named her PITA because I was such a Pain in the A** when I first got it, shining it up, packing it all over the house & calling him in to my sewing room every 5 minutes to make him ooh & ahh over how she ran. I am a lucky lady (if I get too mushy about how good he is to me, he tells me he gets this quilting stuff to keep me out of his hair, works for me!!!