Re: feet on a machine. I am lucky all of my machines: Singer, Brother and Babylock, plus the treadle all take the same feet (low shank) so are interchangeable. Then I got an older 1260 Bernina given to me. LOVE IT but the feet are expensive. While at retreat a friend of mine showed me an adapter she had for her Bernina, that allows you to use other feet from other machines. I looked it up online (don't remember now where I got it) and it works like a charm. It is just a post with a top that fits the Bernina and a screw on the side that accepts other feet. I'm sure they had other type shanks available too, so it may help some of you out there. I wanted to use my rolled hem foot, making doll clothes, and already had a low shank for my other machines and didn't need to purchase another Bernina model foot. I didn't even know they made such a thing!