I remember my mom being super excited when it came to her bernina shop. Lol it was right after her old kenmore died. So i grew up listening to her sew on the machine. She quilts a lot. :-) mom is very protective of her baby. :-) so much so that she bought a cheapy machine for my brothers and i to use when we were in home economics. My older brother claimed that plastic singer. Hahahaha. My first machine i bought was a kenmore model 50. ;-) simple machine built to last. Two stitches straight and zig zag.