I went to an estate sale where the machine was never used. The husband got it for his wife because his mother sewed and he wanted his wife to learn to sew. She love everything domestic about housekeeping with the exception of sewing with a machine. His daughter was like his wife. They did all kinds of needle work by hand but not machine. Lovely embroidery and tatting and knitting and crocheting but no machine sewing. They loved cooking and baking and canning and decorating.