I learned on my little tiny children's electric Singer. I got it for Christmas was I was 8. That would have been 1964. I still have it and it still runs! Then I used my mom's Sears Kenmore. When I was 14 I won a Necchi in a contest and used that until I was in my 20's. Still have that and it still runs too! Since then I have had a Pfaff, Sears Kenmore, and my new pfaff that I won in the shophop a few years ago. Oh, and I inherited my Grandmother's Bernina. The only one that I don't have anymore is the first pfaff. I sure wish I would have hung onto that one too!