I recently bought a Singer 201-3 as well and I love it. There is no more complaining, growling or bunching as from my Janome 6500 when I try to replace heavy duty zippers in DH's brown duck coveralls. I just finished quilting a scrap quilt using a walking foot and the stitches were much more even than on my Janome. Now I want to try FM with it as the feed dogs will drop on this machine. It just seems so much more powerful than my Janome 6500 and the harp space allowed me to quilt my queen sized quilt.