I had done some sewing with my mother but really learned in the 7th grade home economics class. Then every year it was available I took home ec sewing classes through high school. My senior year I was the representative from my school for the McCall's Teen Fashion Board. My mother gave me a Featherweight for graduation with the table. I took the machine with me when I went to nursing school. I made clothes for myself and my friends and curtains for my dorm room. I feel sorry for young women who don't know how to sew.