Several years ago when I was visiting my aunt, she let me know she had two featherweights, and as with her macular degeneration, she hardly sewed anymore, and she wanted to let me have one of them. The one she gave me is the one that was her mom's (my grandma's)...the other one was one that she had bought used somewhere. I only had to promise that if for some reason I no longer wanted the machine, I have to keep in in the family...shouldn't be hard as I have a niece who has been sewing clothes for her 2 year old and has also done some quilting.