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Sewing Machine Memories

My mother's sewing machine. It was a Christmas present in 1957 from her future in-laws. She used it to sew her wedding gown.
My first sewing machine. A Singer Genie that I got for Christmas when I was about 11; around 1972










After the Genie above, my husband bought me a sewing machine from JC Penney (he meant well), which I used for a number of years before it was STOLEN (!) during a move. For awhile a had no sewing machine at all--I felt lost! Then someone gave me this Singer Stretch and Sew (aka cuss and sew).





Now I have 3 machines: a Viking, a mini Singer that used to be my sister's (she got it when I got the Genie) and this serger:
First Serger: White 2000ATS

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