Actually my first sewing machine (1967) was a Singer treadle. I was walking past a pawn shop with my grandmother in Phenix City, Alabama; knew that we couldn't afford to buy a new machine; saw it and asked if we could buy it. She went in, paid $10 dollars for it and the owner, who lived about 10 doors down from us, delivered it that same day. I have been 'sewing on singers' ever since. I still love Singers.