I learned to sew on my mother's Singer treadle sewing machine when I was 5 years old. I had to stand up and sew because I was too short to reach the treadle when I sat down. My mother made all of our clothes, curtains, bedspreads, slip covers and even reupholstered chairs on that treadle machine. She won an Atlas portable electric sewing machine in 1958 and it had a buttonhole attachment and discs for fancy stitches, and it had a zigzag stitch. She was in hog heaven and she made the most beautiful outfits for all of her grandchildren. She kept that Atlas machine for over 30 years.