It's great to have a helper! I did notice that you have a Singer Confidence SM. Does your needle threaded work? Mine did at first, then it wouldn't thread. I re- bent the prong, now it won't thread again. It's a great machine for me, love the different stitches. I do feel intimidated though when I hear allof my friends talk about their "high end" machines. But I do ave a FW!!!!!