Originally Posted by mhollifiel

Miriam is right (as usual)! I am a bit of a renegade and prefer not to travel with the herd. I asked my sewing machine mechanic for a recommendation for a smaller, take with machine but NOT the featherweight. He recommended the Kenmore 158.1040 in the rose case. I found one and love it! It is a little larger than the featherweight but smaller than a regular machine. I LOVE it!

Later, my DH insisted on getting me a featherweight which I took to my machine guy for a thorough going over. His comment was, that I was lucky. It's motor sewed much stronger than lots of featherweights did. But I still prefer my little "Rosie" Kenmore.