The Janome Hello Kitty machine is perfect and it is not a toy. The green one is 3/4 size and sews great, easy to thread with slow and fast speed button and foot pedal. About $175. The white Hello Kitty machine has more features about $300 - $500 My DGD got the green one when she was 8 and the white one when she turned 13. Only because her other grandmother bought it for her as a gift. Her mom mends on the green one, it's that good. Do not buy the 1/2 size Hello Kitty. That is a toy machine.