I have this Featherweight and I really like it. Sure it isn't the like the OLD Featherweight, but I have made patches for a king side quilt on it for my first quilt. I had some trouble with getting a 1/4" seam, but I found out, that was my fault. I just finished a patch for a local library. Quilters were asked to use Civil War fabrics. I was pleased with the patch. There are alot of bells and whistles that I still have not used, but they send a tutorial dvd with it and that helped alot. I got mine from HSN also, but it wasn't $400, so I guess I got a buy. Happy quilting no matter what sewing machine you have.