I've always believed in putting out into the universe what you want. As part of GAL I thought I'd like to take up sewing again. In a twist of fate I looked up estate sales online and the first three all had sewing machines. The last estate sale turned out to be 50% off and I got a vintage, in mint condition, 1968 Singer sewing machine for cheap. It's just like the one that my mom had that I taught myself to sew on.