Mom got me my own treadle when I was 10. Between her and my grandmother who was a tailor I was sewing long before we HAD to take Home Ec. I really hated that class. I could cook and sew already and would much rather have had the study hall. At the end of high school we had to take a test to see who would win the Betty Crocker Homemaker Award. I grumbled all the way through the test and had only taken the required 1 yr of Home Ec. Guess who won? Mom and grandma must have been pretty good teachers!