Not a 'fabric' regret, but fits here. When our house burned in 2000 I did not try to salvage much of anything. I was told that the sewing machine should be OK. Being in shock still and not knowing what I know now about doing it yourself on cleaning up vintage machines, I let it go with all the stuff we weren't trying to keep. It is the machine I learned to sew on and was a great machine. I was just afraid I wouldn't be able to find anyone to check it out and be sure everything was working properly.