I had two, and I sold one of them recently. The one I kept is my purple repaint, "Violet" (my avatar). I remember how excited I was to get the black one, it was my first featherweight and I wanted one so bad. It was so cute, and sewed so well. I enjoyed taking it to classes. But then I found the purple one (a deal on craigslist), and I also have an Elna Lotus, so I realized that it was only getting sewn on every couple of years. When I bought her, the woman selling her wanted her to be sewn on and enjoyed as it had been her late aunt's. So I decided it was time for her to go to another loving sewist. I sold her to a fellow guild member and she is making quilts again. I do love sewing on my vintage machines, even though I appreciate things like needle threader and LED lighting on my modern Bernina. My purple featherweight is among the number that I will never give up. I'd hold onto your beige one as you would probably regret letting her go.