I took out a loan from Avco Finance to buy my first sewing machine. It was my first loan and my first sewing machine. It was a Singer but I don't remember the model. It was in the 1970's and it was one that did all the fancy stitches at the touch of a button. I had that machine for years and years. I imagine I paid a fortune for it by the time I paid all the interest in the loan. Before that I had to borrow my mothers machine, also a Singer.