This one should be funny since I am a guy and all.......
I was restoring the house I am in right now and in the attic I found an old Singer 27 machine head. I thought Hmmm I might play with that one day when I get board......
Well one day came and I brought it down from the attic and took all of the plates off and was looking at how things worked inside of it. Later I found a treadle that was beyond rough but the irons were good so I bout it and the Singer 27 Pheasant for $15. I reveneered the cabinet and put the head I had into it put a belt on it and there I had me a sewing machine!!
I got pretty heavy into restoring treadles and collecting machines and one day I saw that I had all of these machines and thought hey why dont I make something with them.
So a year and a half ago I taught myself how to sew and made my first quilt without any instructions or help. I have been hooked ever since!!
Billy