lessee, i have a singer three thread serger i bought when i was working for them. i have a 32 year old kenmore that sews like twelve different stitches and great buttonholes. a new brother embroidery machine that i haven't really put through the paces. but my fave machine is my grandmother's featherlite. i goes forward and backward and some other things (it has a ruffler!) it's older than i am and works fabulously.