It's beautiful! My GD (3 yr) sits and sews on my FW and on her Janome Mini (I got it for her because it stitches at a slower speed.) She works the foot pedal with her hand because she can't do it with her foot - yet. She already has the order of things down - pretty sides together, presser foot up, needle down, presser foot down. She also has a machine that has a finger guard and can use the foot pedal, but likes the other machines better. We even played with the 401 - she picked out the pattern she wanted and read the letters to set the pattern before we sewed. I would love a HC machine!