I bought my 301A in 1956 so that I could make maternity clothes. It is a wonderful machine and I sewed clothes for me and my eight children over the years. The buttonholer is superb. I don't make many buttonholes now, but when I want one, I prefer to go to that machine and use that one. We had a cabinet made to house the 301A that looks like a desk and that was a wonderful idea. It's still my desk and the machine is stored in a double high drawer with no side on it so the machine can be tucked in. The man who made this was an artist.
301A machines are much sought after. They are real work horses.