That dometop is beautiful, I have three of them, Does yours have the shuttle bobbin or the round bobbin? Mine has the shuttle bobbin,I never had instructions for mine , They only sew forward and you turn the material around to sew backwards, For many years that was the only machine I had, It sewed lots of polyester shirts for my former husband , he loved western shirts, he was 50 in the chest and 36 in the waist, not easy to buy shirts like that so I made them,I keep them oiled and sitting up on my pot shelves , One in the dining room, one in the living room, and one in my bedroom, I also have a treadle that we restored in the living room behind our couch,also a shuttle bobbin machine , I just acquired a clone of the 221 singer to take when I go camping and want to sew, I am blessed :thumbup: :-P