I bought the really simple machine at our fabric store in Anderson, she soon graduated to my first machine by DH and now went back to the simple machine, it does staight and zig zag but she is happy with that..I am so scared of anything right now except sewing 5" squares together, she made a pillow, and was so proud of herself...I wish I had someone back then to egg me on to try harder...we are all angels you know, grandparents do so much more than you ever knew...keep on trying with those children, they are all so eager to be proud of themselves, we all need that don't we?