when I was in grade school, My mom was a piece worker in a slip factory, and after school a group of us waited on the stairs in the factory for work to end, and the sound of sewing machines bring back pleasant memories. She didn't sew clothes for me, but did have a new 301 with the cams when they were popular. I learned to sew on that machine for home ec. I married young and made clothes for my baby girls, then doll clothes and work clothes. Somewhere along the way, I stopped sewing for years. I did crewel and needlepoint, and cross stitch, and one day decided to make a quilt by hand as I traveled for my job as it was smaller to take on a plane. Moved to NH and met some quilters, and started to quilt (back in the 1980's). Still quilting after all these years!!!