My mother was quite a seamstres and she made 'everything'
She used to dress my sis and I as twins, but she was over 3 years older than me. Mother said she could "cut to an advantage making two dresses out of the same fabric. ??
She even made my dad's boxer shorts, and our winter coats
until we were in Jr. High.. I married and about 3 yrs later
while expecting my 2nd boy, we moved to Calif...2000 miles
away. { I never learned to sew..and in Home Ec classes our
teacher didn't know what she was doing and that was also a
discouragement} If you can imagine, I used to buy fabric
and mail it to my mother, she would make the dress and mail
it back to me. After I had my 3rd, a daughter, decided I
needed to know how to sew for her. I bought a machine from
a door to door salesman...don't even remember what it was
but it sure wasn't worth much. A few years later I bought]
an Elna,and had that for many many years. Gave that later
to my youngest daughter who does not sew, but uses it for
mending. My older daughter can do "anything". I now have
a Brother and I love it. Been sewing now for over50 years.