Three years ago MIL wanted a vintage straight stitch machine, said she didn't care what it looked like as long as it sewed. For Christmas, found a beautiful Singer 66, black crinkle finish, in a pristine fold out cabinet ($65). Hubby rewired it, I cleaned it, dressed her in a red doily and a Christmas bow (tied on, not stuck on). Put spools of neutral colored thread and wound bobbins on the spool rack located on the cabinet door, put extra needles, snips, seam ripper, manual and oil in the door's notion tray. She never used it once and the last time I was there saw a little plastic, Wally World sewing machine sitting on top of the cabinet. A very emotional experience for me, but I had to just ignore it. Would love to have the crinkle machine back, but you can't exactly take back a Christmas present, especially when it involves an in-law... Wish I had a pic of her to show!