Originally Posted by Irishrose2

I went to a guild meeting and didn't bring my machine because I hauling around a large leg cast and that was enough. I opened up a donated machine and they were horrified that anyone would use it - it was a Singer 404 in great shape. Good thing I didn't take my 301. I did take my Singer 301 to a FMQ class and the instructor was quite rude. Well guess what machine did everything I asked her to while the instructor had to help everyone else fiddle with the tensions on their plastic wonders?? Whoops, now I sound like the quilt police. Nope, if it sews a nice seam and doesn't cause the user a good deal of trouble, I don't care what machine a person uses.