Hey, it's Vanessa, the Crafty Gemini. I post weekly crafting, cooking, and organic gardening videos right here on my YouTube channel. In this video, I'm answering the most popular question I get asked by you all, and that is, "What is a great but affordable sewing machine for beginners?" So, here it is. This is my personal recommendation for beginners or even more intermediate and advanced sewers. If you travel or do workshops and take classes, you need a machine to take with you. This is the machine I take. It's my go-to machine because it's so lightweight. It only weighs 11 pounds. In my studio, I have a total of 11 sewing machines, and this is the most lightweight one. But it does more heavy-duty work than some of the pricier machines. I'll show you in this video the types of things you can sew on it. The model number on this machine is a Kenmore 19106. Kenmore did not send me this machine for free. I paid for this one with my own money. I'll tell you why I like it so much. If you've been following my videos for a few years, you've probably seen me use this sewing machine in quite a lot of my tutorials. This was my go-to sewing machine for a lot of my videos because it's really basic, and I like to teach with machines that are not too fancy because not everybody has those kind of machines. There's nothing wrong with this machine. It's still functional, but you'll notice that it's the exact same machine as this one, except this one has a Janome sticker on it, and this one says Kenmore. The reason for that is, after doing some research, I found out that Janome is now the manufacturer of...