I love mine for piecing. Because the feed dogs are not as wide as modern machines, it is easier to keep a consistent quarter inch seam. I have been gifted 2 of them. One by a friend because she'd had it for several years and didn't use it. She gave it to me, so I made her a quilt. The second came from a relative in exchange for me longarming a vintage quilt made by her grandmother. I gave the second to my daughter.