I love mine for All those reasons. It's so cute and adorable too. The motivation to actually Buy one came from memories of my gr'ma sewing on hers in our kitchen when I was a girl. My aunt gave it to the goodwill when my other aunt died (I didn't realize it was being kept at her house or I would have asked for it), and I was so upset that I bought one as a gift to myself from my grandmother. :-)