Sewing goes way back in my family. My grandmother taught sewing for the Singer Co. and made clothes for the wealthier folks in town. My Mom made her first skirt when she was 5. She taught me how to sew on her tan Singer (don't know the model). When I was 16, she bought me an old Singer (black with gold, dont know the model) in a cabinet at a second hand store. She taught my daughter to sew by helping her make a quilt for her kindergarten teacher. Mom bought her (now 19) a sewing machine for Christmas. And the tradition continues:-)