My stepdad bought my mom a new Singer a few years ago (despite my advice to not "surprise" her with a sewing machine), and she never has liked it. So we went shopping for a new sewing machine last weekend (early birthday present), and she picked out a Janome Magnolia. Those are sweet little machines! And I got to try out the new 7700 Horizon. That's a REALLY sweet machine! I thought about giving my mom my current sewing machine and buying myself the 7700, but wasn't sure how that would go over with DH.