When I was visiting with my daughter while she was living in Alaska, I learned that there are areas in Alaska where people are still using the old machines because they don't have electricty. When watching Simply Quilts there was a lady who had a collection of these machines, and I remember that there was one which sewed only a chain stitch. I believe this is the same lady who had found evidence of free motion quilting in antique quilts. I too started sewing on these.