I own numerous Singers that can make wonderful decorative stitches: 401, 328k, 224. The 328k and the 224 take the flat cams while the 401 doesn't. I find that using the flat cams is just so much easier to set up than dealing with the system of the 401. I also prefer machines that take standard needles, 15x1; so, the Singer 306 ad 319 are of no interests to me. Keeping it simple is my one big motto. My favorite decorative machine right now is the Singer 224 since it has the cams, uses standard needles, and is made to treadle.