Knee pedals are great, lizzie2. We had one in an old singer cabinet from DH's grandma that DH brought into our marriage. We got rid of it when I got tired of fighting with the aging machine. The pedal part was nice, though. I have a friend whose granddaughter has spina bifida. She found an old knee pedal cabinet and the local sewing machine repairman retrofitted a machine into it for her. This lets her g-daughter sew! I don't see why a foot pedal couldn't be attached to a table leg or board to let you sew more easily. HTH. : )

Oh no the sparkle is definitely very subtle. In the 9x13 sample I have there are only a few of those sparkly flecks so its not very noticeable really unless the light hits it right. It’s not at all like those other “sparkle” quartzes. I had my heart set on it was so sad when I discovered it’s more off-white 😢 the Stonemark I assume is the same as the MSI Perla White (I feel like stonemark and msi must be the same company?) and I considered that too but up close it was just too cloudy looking, imo.

You may have better luck in the kitchen forum - http://ths.gardenweb.com/forums/kitchbath

Jules, there are quite a few threads here on solid surface, just do a search in the box of the bathrooms forum for Solid Surface and choose "in bathrooms." Look for some of the threads with more entries, even if they are old. We have been posting on a couple of threads about solid surfaces and what they are and aren't for years. It is a lot easier to direct people there than to go through the discussion all over again. "Kohler Choreograph?" is the title of one, and another says something about Solid Surface versus Onyx Collection versus some other ones.