Welcome from Portage. I frequently head you way to visit friends in West Olive who have a sail boat in Saugatuck. Not being a sailor, I don't remember the size but it is big enough that they can sail up the coast and sleep and cook onboard. I have been asked to make a bed quilt for them.....someday. Looking for a stunning mariners star pattern. Wander about the Quilting Board and ask lots of questions. Love the name of your group. https://cdn.quiltingboard.com/images/smilies/wink.png

Welcome from the heart of the fruit belt, and the sunset coast (just south of you) in beautiful snowy Michigan. Your machines are great machines, you will love your 401. I recommend and took the sewing machine weekend maintenance workshop from SewPurty, when he was in Elkhart, and now I have zero fear to take apart any machine and put it back together, polishing on the way. Welcome!

Thanks for the welcome and the tip!