I remember very well what inspired me to sew early in the 50's. I didn't sew at all but had two little children and another on the way and we did not have much money, Husband was just out of the service then. My stepmother's aunt, bless her soul, found a Wheeleer and Wilson #9 and they brought it over to me from Detroit. My neighbor sewed all her girls clothes and she taught me how to sew on that old treadle. I sewed all the clothes for the kids on that machine for about 10 yrs. That was one fantastic machine and I sure wish I still had it. Never quilted until the last ten yrs. or so when my oldest daughter showed me how to paper piece. That got me quilting and I haven't looked back.