I have been sewing all my life, since I was a kid. My Mother was a Home Ec teacher, so she taught that a garment should look as good on the inside as the outside, so that was my goal. After I married and had three daughters, I tried to get them to learn to sew, and none of them were interested. Now that they are older and have children, they are trying to teach themselves how to sew, so I've been collecting older machines to give to each one of them. One of my daughters whose husband is in the military told me yesterday that she wants an embroidery machine. She lives in SC, so if any of you know where there might be some used machines that she could check on, let me know. Being military, she can't pay an arm and a leg for a machine.