Please do NOT waste your money on a Janome mini. A few years ago we bought one for our great granddaughter who was staying with us for a year and wanted to learn to sew. After maybe less than 10 hours of sewing, the machine started sounding so loud I'm sure all neighbors knew we were using that machine. And it just kept getting louder. I have a Brother cs6000i which I take to classes or sewing get togethers.