Glad it actually works. I bought a "toy" machine (but suppose to have both straight and zigzag) for my niece's daughter at Christmas--we could NOT get the top thread to pick up the bobbin thread--just a huge design flaw. Took it back and lucked into sale on the mini Janome at Hancock;s that was only about $15 more than what I paid for the other one at JoAnne's--the flawed one was either a Brother or a Singer--think it was a Singer.