As an aside, this looks like a great machine! Is it? I checked out Janome and though it's made in Thailand, this is a Japanese company and they have really impressive machines. Mine is probably for the Central Asian Middle-East market I think (a lot of sites that had it were Uzbek or Kazakh) but the Janome machines look really professional. I think my friend gave me a really beautiful and valuable gift. The powers that be are smiling on me. I feel blessed!