My grandmother taught me to sew although I took a home economics class in HS.
I didn't have a machine of my own until I had been married a while.
My first machine was a singer in the 60s and was new. Sadly it was the era of double knit and the machine would skip stitches........very frustrating.
I didn't have a sewing cabinet until the 70s and got a Ethan Allen sewing cabinet and other components that I still use today.
I have loved sewing for the little girls in the family and did that until they mostly grew up and prefered store bought or just plain jeans and t shirts.
I have enjoyed making window coverings for the home and still like the looks of baloon shades.
I took up quilting in the last few years and really like it.
I love sewing machines and keep each one never trade one in. Grandkids and little friends learn to sew on the older ones. I always have at least two set up either to embroider or prefer the stitch on one over the other.
Early on my husband had two requests: We didn't have much money and he asked me to make him a gun case for a rifle. Next he was trying to train his bird dog with a live quail and asked me to make a harness for the quail so it would not run off. LOL