I think Fons and Porter did an episode during which they shared information about different kinds of machines...and George was one of them. I'm betting that if you go to their website... or your PSB station website that you could hunt down that episode. I only remember that it can do only one thing...quilt...it seems to me that it was a sit-down machine only...but could not be used for other kinds of sewing as it only does straight stithes. I recall that they showed several quilts that had been done on the George by a professional quilter who has one in one of her studios.