Featherweights are cute, fun to use, portable. Recently, oiled and did a tune up on mine thanks to you tube - felt a great sense of accomplishment and saved money doing it myself. Also, I installed an LED light instead of the light bulb that comes with the machine. The light bulb that comes with the machine doesn't throw off much light plus it gets very hot. Fun to use but also nice to have a modern machine, love my BabyLock too. They say it's a quilter's dream because of the perfect 1/4 inch stitch.