Originally Posted by
paoberle
If you don't enjoy using it, if it has no sentimental value, if you're not a collector, get rid of it.
I agree. I have the 301a that belonged to my mother. It's the machine that I learned to sew on. For years I kept it just for sentimental reasons. Thanks to the wonderful women here on QB I finally got it out and sewed on it. Unlike you, I LOVE piecing on the 301a. Yes, it's very rudimentary compared to my Bernina. No, it doesn't have all the features of a more contemporary machine. But I like the pretty straight stitch that you get from a vintage machine that that is all it does. As my husband who is very mechanical says, anything that is made to do only one thing usually does it much better than something made to do a lot of things. So I thoroughly enjoy using it. However, I may have kept it just for sentimental value. If you don't have either of these things with this machine, and especially if you could use the money, sell it and use the money where you want.