I love my Featherweight! And didn't really expect to. It's lightweight, takes up very little space, and just purrs along making the nicest straight stitches! I have a newer computerized Janome that's not much heavier, but I just keep taking my FW to classes and group sewing. The Bernina 830 (old style) is also a dynamite machine, but I don't carry it anywhere! I've done some halfway decent FMQ on it. I've been a bit disappointed with my Bernina 750 QE, although it's nice to have all that throat space.