Hi folks, I too love this machine. I looked and looked and finally found one at Habitat Re-Store. I subscribe to their mailing list and saw it. Drove and hour and a half to get it. Got lost and it started pouring the rain. However, none of this stopped me and my beautiful machine is sitting in my craft room. It's in a cabinet. I don't like the cabinet, it's blonde and I don't know if I can paint it. Back to the machine, it looks as if it has never been used. Has the original green band.