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Well I am removing my 5 star review of 5 years ago...I just can't take it any more with this machine. I am an advanced seamtress - I have been sewing for 45 years and have made many garments, draperies, etc. all for personal use. I have not ever had alot of money to spend on a sewing machine - I had nice Singers back in the 60's - 70's then a low end White (mechanical machine) which was good too. This is the cheapest machine I have ever owned and it was not worth it. I am a very mechanical person and I cannot tell you how many times I have taken apart the whole bobbin assembly on this stupid machine. The tension is crazy. This halloween I made two costumes (an adult sized Harry Potter robe reversable, and an adult Jedi knight tunic) - I chose woven fabrics - mid weight linens because I thought the machine could handle it best. While sewing something fell on the foot pedal and the machine started sewing off the fabric - the door of the bobbin case flew off and the bobbin case got twisted and misaligned...took 20 min to fix which I didn't have. I Managed to get through the second costume but the tension was so bad. I was making flat felled seams because linen can ravel and I wanted it to be pretty on both sides. NOT! Somone once said in a sewing machine review that nothing can mess up your blood pressure like tension problems. I agree. This machine made every project take 25% more time because of messing with tension and bobbin issues. That is not fun. I am sorry I have contributed to this machine being rated so high. All the features are totally cool but the quality is just not there...BTW this is my first negative review...