@whiskeyecho Welcome and you started sewing for the same reason I did at age 13 - nothing OTR would fit - and back then, the added benefit was the money savings.
Wow! Close to Hershey PA - living there would have been better than receiving the Sears Christmas catalogue when I was a kid.
@Lachica - yes, Hershey, PA was the original home of Hershey Chocolate. Unfortunately, production was moved South of the Border several years back and like everything else these days - quality isn't the same........sigh...