hello and a warm welcome to the board, I'm a Pfaffie and love my Singer 221's I have 4 Pfaff 7570s, Last German built machine, and I have 4, Singer 221's, 3 are repainted and one is black. I love the little 221's because they are so cute, and light weight so easy to take to meetings and retreats, not that much of that is happing now, but they also give a great stitch. And best of all I can take care of them my self, I got the book and DVD on how to care and fix them.