The first featherweight I bought worked great when I tested it....after rethreading it, I couldn't get it to sew properly...after SEVERAL hours of cleaning and going crazy I discovered that I was threading from left to right and it should be right to left...another thing I will mention...if you remove the plate to clean out the bobbin, be very careful when you put it back together,,,if you have the manual, read that part...there is a specific way the bobbin case fits back in...there is a little metal piece that sticks out ON THE BOBBIN CASE...this piece has to fit in between 2 parts of the bottom of the cover plate..turn the bobbin case until it fits into the cover plate...CANT BE DONE IF YOU SCREW THE PLATE DOWN FIRST... this is hard to explain and I probably didn't do a good job, but let me know if you need more help...this is another thing that nearly drove me crazy...until I figured it out...I have 2 machines..
Georgina and Lise and they are cute cute cute..enjoy...