After reading all these posts I've come to this conclusion. Those of us that have featherweights love them dearly. Price isn't always an obstacle if you want one bad enough. Many of my friends as well as myself, have other machines besides the featherweight for quilting purposes. I acquired most of them while I was employed full time. Now I'm retired and when the day comes I need to downsize I 'might' consider selling one or two, but the value has increased and putting my extra $$'s in FW's 10 years ago was far better than buying bonds or CD's. My next will be a red FW. No, they don't come in colors other than the celery/white, brown and black. I plan to send one of mine off to a professional machine painter.