Learning to Sew   When I was a child my mom made our clothing. She loved to sew and I can remember many nights that she would be up late putting the finishing touches on dresses that we would wear for special school events. It has always been a goal of mine to learn to sew, not necessarily to make clothing but to make other keepsakes such as quilts and even aprons for not just cooking but also egg aprons for collecting eggs from our backyard chickens.   One of the first steps to learning to sew is picking out a sewing machine. There are so many on the market…