So sorry to hear of your mother's passing. My prayers and thoughts are with you. I inherited my mom's and my aunt's featherweights and have wonderful memories of both machines in use. i don't thimk my aunt ever used hers. she hated sewing with a passion and was probably given the fw by my grandmother who was an avid seamstress. my mother used the fw any time she could get my sisters and me off it. we all learned to sew very young and loved it. i hope you have warm and loving memories attached to your "new" machine.