We had to take home ec 7th, 8th, and 9th grade in my day. My friend and I could sew faster on a treadle machine than the other girls could on the electric ones. I knitted, embroidery, and crochet for a long time. Then my grandma bought me a featherweight. I made clothes for my 4 kids, myself, and even me shirts for my husband. Then went to school for nursing. and worked for 30 yrs.. Then the quilting bug hit me. I just bought a new machine yesterday after my Pfaff quit, and would have cost a small fortune just to send it to maybe it could be fixed. I'm not good at picking colors due to one of my home ec teachers telling us that if white wasn't in the fabric you couldn't use it. My friend or DH picks out the fabric for me. lol One of my girls will sew a top when I cut one out. I've cut my own finger with a rotary cutter so I don't let her use one. She's deaf and I want her to keep her fingers.