My mother let my granddaughter sit at her old Singer treadle as she had it in her head she wanted to make Barbie doll clothes. Well, guess? That's exactly what she did! No pattern. No-one helping pushing the treadle pedal and she made what she had envisioned! Now mom has told us all the DGD will inherit that machine as neither my sister or I have yet to get the pedal action right! lol