My mother taught me how to sew when I was 6 or 7 also. She sewed at home for other people so I grew up around that sewing machine pedal. That machine is now mine but I leave it at my Dad's for the time being and use it when I am there visiting. It is a Singer 206 model made in England in I believe 1952 or around that time. It is still a wonderful machine and wouldn't part with it for anything.