I remember being about 12 and Mom letting me sew Barbie ( a brand new idea then!) clothes on the old Singer treadle she had. She bought a Singer Touch and Sew a couple of years later and I sewed some on it, but she was a little more protective of the new machine. Wish we had had room to keep the old treadle! I remember the debacle of Home Ec in the 9th grade...not a very understanding teacher. It was years before I sewed again!