I use mine for classes - which I do not do often; traveling; and as a back up. I've also used it as a second machine when I had something going on the main machine or needed to do a small mending job where I couldn't manage to work in the repair on the larger machine or it was busy. Lots of uses for them! And I did piece a baby quilt on mine for the person who found it for me and sold it to me for a ridiculously low price.