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home ec class in the early 60's had several models. and we ended up using which ever one was open. sometimes we were lucky enough to get to use the same one several times. got used to several models that way. loved the home ec teacher. she was a wonderful lady. meant to look her up, and say thanks , but never did. it's prob too late now.

I learned to sew on a tredle machine back in the 40's. I now have a brother

I had just a generic sewing machine I bought from one of my hubby's friends. His work gave it to them for a wedding present & she didn't sew. It was brand new, did not have a name on it anywhere. I thought it took 'special' needles but little did I know that all needles worked in it! But back then I'd sew with a needle until it broke. Didn't know to change them either!

Hmmm... I think it was a blue and white 1970s Montgomery Wards machine. When I broke that one, my mom let me sew on her 1980s Pfaff. After I broke that one a couple of times, she made me go back to the old metal one. lol
And, yes, when I say "broke" I mean every time it required a trip to the repair shop! I still won't use that Pfaff, it is her baby!

I have come a long way! I eventually sewed my oldest son's cradle and crib sets and tons of clothes and costumes and all sorts of things! It just took me a little longer to learn.

I learned to sew on a Singer treadle machine that my mom still has. My very first machine was a Kay-EE Sew Master childs machine that did a chain stitch. I was 8 years old and I still have that machine on a shelf in my sewing room. The first "real" machine was a Sears Kenmore that stitched only straight and zig-zag. I now have a Pfaff 2144. I've come a long ways.......

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Originally Posted by dellareya

I also learned how to sew on my mothers Featherweight machine. Somehow I broke the bobbin case. I remember how angry my mother was. She actually got rid of the machine because she told me it couldn't be fixed. I've lived with guilt for 50 years. I recently asked her about it. She said she didn't have the time to sew anyhow and wanted to "teach me a lesson about being careful". Ouch.

Poor baby! I think I would be to scared to sew again if someone had said that to me. I don't really remember what kind of machine it was that sewed on first. I borrowed it from a friend to sew the nursery for my first baby. It didn't come with any instructions at all! Thank goodness it was already threaded with the color I needed! But that gave me the bug and I bought a cheap singer that gave me nothing but trouble. At least it got my foot in the door!

My mom and grandmother both sewed on nice singers! My mom's was a featherweight and my GM's was a 401, I think. But I never sewed on either one of them. I had to learn to sew by hand.

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Originally Posted by gale

It was a blue singer, that's all I remember. I was born in the mid sixties and it was the seventies before I sewed anything myself so it was probably from the late 60s or so. I'm pretty sure it was my mom's machine and passed onto us girls when she got a new one.

you reminded me of the name of my first singer it was a blue magic. mentioning that yours was blue reminded me,

Mom had one of those 50s Singer machines in the wooden domed carrying cases. I loved that machine and when I went off to college, my mother gave it to me as she'd just bought herself a new Brother machine. Word got around quickly that I had a sewing machine in my dorm room and that machine pretty much brought every girl in my dorm into my room at one time or another to either make repairs or make Halloween costumes. I was very shy and figure that sewing machine introduced me to most of my college friends...I wouldn't be surprised if Mom thought of that when she gave it to me!!?

It was my moms Singer. I loved that machine.

My mother wouldn't let me and my sisters touch her electric Kenmore machine. When I was 7 she bought a singer treadle at an auction for $3.00. It was for us to learn to sew on. We quickly mastered the foot peddle but we were never allowed to use her Kenmore. My sister still has the treadle. Don't know what happened to the Kenmore.