I have my grandmother's Singer treadle that she got when my mother was a baby in 1924. I am still trying to figure out how to work it, though. I can remember sitting in her lap when I was small and thinking about how satisfying it was to put those pieces of fabric together and come out with something useful. I wonder what she would say if she could see the one I sew on now--a Janome 10001. Bet she would still prefer "old bossy". I sure do miss my mother and my grandmother.