I bought my mother a rotary cutter and she was afraid to use it. She wouldn't use a computer sewing machine because "it was too complicated" I showed her it was very easy to push a button and watch it stitch. She eventually came around. I still have her White Rotary treadle. She always hand quilted because they hadn't invented walking feet and she didn't want the machine to "scoot" the quilting. She won a lot of ribbons at the local fairs though.