I don't know what's happened to me in the last year, but I've become completely smitten by any old sewing machine that has a certain sound. It's a soft purr, or hum, or even a soft clicking that speaks to me. She can look like she's been dragged behind a tractor from this county to the next, but if I put pressure on the pedal and she has that sound, I NEED her. I can't explain it.