we all sewed on a remington machine when i was a teenagers, about 4-5 of us girls sewing every spare moment. i didn't have my own machine until i had been married about a year. it was the cheapest singer on the market. from there, several years later i started "inheriting' my sister's cast offs - new homes x3. now i have my mom's new home she bought about 15 years ago and it runs great.