The clincher

From the sound alone, I knew this machine was something I was going to love.
I expected it to sound more mechanical, like an old fashioned typewriter, and less organic.
What I heard was a cross between a happy cat and a device dreamed of by Tesla.
It whirrrrrs!

And it sews, straight and beautiful stitches. It's stitches put my modern Janome to shame.(of course the Janome does 600 billion types of stitch, and the 201 only does straight...so it may not be a fair comparison)

I decided to test it out on a project I was working on, just to see what it felt like to sew on it.

As I was sewing a seam, my cat pushed a pair of jeans off of the shelf above me, onto the project I was sewing. I turned to scold her, and when I turned back I found I had sewn the jeans to the other fabric and the machine had not changed pitch at all.
This made me curious.

So I decided to test her and see what the limit of her penetrating power is.

I'm still not sure.

From what I've tried, if it fits between the presser foot and the bed, she'll sew it.
12 layers of heavy denim? SURE!

I haven't tried leather, because I don't have any laying around. But she went through 1/4" of denim as if it wasn't there. And the stitch?
Still beautiful!